Explore Furtive through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sneak or sneaky. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Furtive meaning
- Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily.
- Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy.
Synonyms of Furtive
Using Furtive
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy. | Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily. | Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy.
- Useful related words include: sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious.
- In the example corpus, furtive often appears in combinations such as: the furtive.
Context around Furtive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Furtive
- In this selection, "furtive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, exchange, stealing, something, pygmy, fist and poetry stand out and add context to how "furtive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a furtive organization was and as the furtive poetry makes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "furtive" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with furtive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There was much furtive exchange of intel on Telegram. (9 words)
The darkness of a moonless night aided furtive movement. (9 words)
His furtive guest was Ken Bensinger, a reporter for Buzzfeed. (10 words)
And while the tacos are the stars here, Fuentes and his cooks shower the same amount of attention onto the consomé, a smoky, brothy goat soup served up from a furtive crock behind the comales. (35 words)
The occasional tourist loiters near clusters of sex workers, before a furtive negotiation and a quick march to a nearby hotel, one of the few still open on Bangkok’s main tourist drag. (33 words)
In that expanded story, the Ashen One is transported forward in time to the titular city that Gwyn gifted the Furtive Pygmy for helping overthrow the Everlasting Dragons. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
In that expanded story, the Ashen One is transported forward in time to the titular city that Gwyn gifted the Furtive Pygmy for helping overthrow the Everlasting Dragons.
On the way out of events like this, the two monarchs might exchange furtive fist bumps or secretive smiles.
And as quickly as the furtive poetry makes its lovely point, our main character, Stéphane, has alighted and is back in the place of his youth.
From blood-spattered whodunnits to furtive romances or theft on the grandest scale, these are all true stories with three things in common.
It was the only chance of a furtive opening during which the visitors lost defender Rhys Norrington-Davies to injury after three minutes.
There was much furtive exchange of intel on Telegram.
A furtive organization was created in California to boost Trump's chances of getting a second term.
Emma Corrin’s first moments as Diana Spencer in The Crown are furtive and fleeting.
That’s the main reason for the Gulf states to go beyond the furtive relationship they have hitherto had with Israel.
The occasional tourist loiters near clusters of sex workers, before a furtive negotiation and a quick march to a nearby hotel, one of the few still open on Bangkok’s main tourist drag.
And while the tacos are the stars here, Fuentes and his cooks shower the same amount of attention onto the consomé, a smoky, brothy goat soup served up from a furtive crock behind the comales.
His furtive guest was Ken Bensinger, a reporter for Buzzfeed.
The furtive movements are hilarious when the vapid doesn't realize it's the smell that gives them away.
Well, you could say I am an uncoordinated dancer, the kind who might stumble through a ballet class stealing furtive glances at other people’s feet.
A vehicle repossession in Courtyard Circle was smooth and successful, in no small part because the not-owner was unaware of the furtive operation.
Once upon a time, to be an assassin for a government was a furtive, shameful thing.
She presented a drawing to Wendy, something furtive, if not plainly erotic.
These days weed wafts in the air everywhere as enthusiasts openly smoke the still-illegal herb while the furtive puffers of still-legal cigarettes hide in shame.
Yanukovych called for closer ties with Russia while obscuring the depth of his own furtive Russian connections.
The darkness of a moonless night aided furtive movement.
Common combinations with furtive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: