fugitive
noun
a person who is fleeing, as from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway.
fugitively
-
a word derived from
fugitive.
Example Sentences
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There is something infantile about his features, something fugitively masked by his glittering eyes and sardonic smile.
From Time Magazine Archive
At that time a vague idea that he could turn a new leaf and start a new life may fugitively have crossed his mind.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard
She wondered fugitively how the pair were enjoying themselves.
From The Vision of Desire by Margaret Pedler
Had I been older and wiser, I might have learned less fugitively.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
Holding them fugitively in both his own, he gazed intently into the shadowed loveliness of her face.
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Arthur William Brown
