| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fur·tive |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fûr t v |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Characterized by stealth; surreptitious. 2. Expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty. See synonyms at secret. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French furtif, from Old French, from Latin f rt vus, from frtum, theft, from fr, thief. See bher-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | furtive·ly —ADVERB
furtive·ness —NOUN
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