English

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA: /�f�tɪv/
audio|en-uk-Furtive.ogg|Audio (UK)
(US) IPA: /�f�ɻɾɪv/
audio|en-us-furtive.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

1. stealthy
2. having hidden motives
3. exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy

#*1949: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p31
#*:But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.

Synonyms
stealthy
surreptitious

having hidden motives
clandestine
conspiratorial
covert
crafty
scheming
shifty

Translations

French: furtif
Interlingua: furtive
Kurdish: dizîkî, nehînî, razberî
mid
Portuguese: furtivo m, furtiva f

Related terms
furtively
furtiveness

French
Pronunciation
IPA|/fy�tiv/

Adjective
furtive f

1. feminine of|furtif|lang=French

Category:French adjective forms

Latin

Adjective
fūrtīve

1. inflection of|furtivus#Latin|fūrtīvus|m|voc|s

Category:Latin adjective forms

fr:furtive
io:furtive
pl:furtive
ro:furtive
ru:furtive
fi:furtive
te:furtive
vi:furtive
zh:furtive

• 2007-12-18 13:48 - Widsith - /* Latin */

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