furtive
adjective
taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret.
furtiveness
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a word derived from
furtive.
Example Sentences
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Cera brings an amusing furtiveness to Eric, but also a devastating sense of the roiling feelings within.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
Mercy’s furtiveness — call it an extreme aversion to confrontation — is echoed across the generations.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
The gallery also is showing Paolo Morales’s “Between You and Me,” a suite of black-and-white photos that evoke isolation and furtiveness in downscale American suburbs.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2017
I initially reached out to the page’s admins because I love a conspiracy theory, but aside from a general furtiveness, the admins didn’t sound like prosthelytizers, just concerned citizens.
From The Verge ● Aug. 25, 2016
It imposed a furtiveness on the loving done on it.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
