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    furtive - Dictionary definition and meaning for word furtive

    Definition
    (adj) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
    Synonyms : sneak , sneaky , stealthy , surreptitious
    Example Sentence
    • a furtive manner
    • a sneak attack
    • stealthy footsteps
    • a surreptitious glance at his watch
    Definition
    (adj) secret and sly or sordid
    Synonyms : backstair , backstairs
    Example Sentence
    • backstairs gossip
    • his low backstairs cunning
    • backstairs intimacies
    • furtive behavior
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for furtive

One who is FARTive has to expel farts stealthily.

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FURTIVE ..very close to FERTILE...SO when you are infertile you go for fertility treatment, which you keep SECRET from others, as you dont want people to know about your infertility.

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FURtive.. cats have fur..they're stealthy

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a fugitive has to leave furitively

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Furtive sounds like 'FLIRT'ive.. So a flirtly look is always SNEAKY...!!! ;)

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<B><U>Covert</U>ive</B>

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A <B>furrow</B> is a place for a <B>fugitive</B> to hide and be stealthy.

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A fugitive (a person in hiding sought by law) is always furtive. Relate furtive with fugitive.

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for thieves :so in order to steal thieves need to be stealthy and sneaky

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