FURTIVE

backstair, backstairs, furtive

(adjective) secret and sly or sordid; “backstairs gossip”; “his low backstairs cunning”- A.L.Guerard; “backstairs intimacies”; “furtive behavior”

furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious

(adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; “a furtive manner”; “a sneak attack”; “stealthy footsteps”; “a surreptitious glance at his watch”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

furtive (comparative more furtive, superlative most furtive)

Stealthy.

Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.

Synonyms

• (stealthy): surreptitious

• See also covert

Source: Wiktionary

Fur"tive, a. Etym: [L. furtivus, fr. furtum theft, fr. fur thief, akin to ferre to bear: cf. F. furtif. See Fertile.]

Definition: Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. Prior. A hasty and furtive ceremony. Hallam.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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