furtive

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more furtive

Superlative

most furtive

1.
Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
Đồng nghĩa: clandestine, surreptitious, abstruse, behind the scenes, catlike, backroom, stealth, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, concealed, confidential, covert, deep-laid, dern, disguised, furtive, huggermugger, hush-hush, inconspicuous, incognito, low profile, lurksome, lurky, mousy, obfuscated, off-the-books, on the down-low, on the sly, secret, secretive, slinky, sly, sneaky, stealthy, sub rosa, surreptitious, under-the-table, under the radar, under wraps, undercover, underground, unperceived
2.
Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily.
3.
Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy.
Đồng nghĩa: thieflike, thievish
4.
Of a person, etc.: inclined to steal; pilfering, thieving.
Đồng nghĩa: thievish

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Đồng nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English *furtyve (implied in furtyvely), from Middle French furtif, furtive (furtive, stealthy) (modern furtif), from Latin fūrtīvus (clandestine, furtive, secret; concealed, hidden; stolen), from fūrtum (theft; robbery) (from fūr (thief), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to bear, carry)) + -īvus.