Local English word record

furtive

adjective · 2 senses

secret and sly or sordid- A.L.Guerard

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Examples

  • backstairs gossip
  • his low backstairs cunning
  • backstairs intimacies
  • furtive behavior

Word relationships

Synonyms

backstair, backstairs

Source and method

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Princeton WordNet 3.0