Dictionary

furtively en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfɜːtɪvli/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English furtyvely; equivalent to furtive + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a furtive manner.
   • And furtively Time looked him in the face and edged towards him fingering with his dripping fingers the hilt of his nimble sword. 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 4:
   • The only diversions I recall were a pair of Avocets flying over, and a young lady who regularly each afternoon furtively crept into the dunes [...] and crouched down for a clandestine wee! 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 128:

Forms

Synonyms

surreptitiously · secretively

Translations (32)

kmr bi nehînî (in a furtive manner) · ru укра́дкой (in a furtive manner) · ru тайко́м (in a furtive manner) · pl ukradkowo (in a furtive manner) · ca furtivament (in a furtive manner) · cs nenápadně (in a furtive manner) · fi vaivihkaa (in a furtive manner) · fi vaivihkaisesti (in a furtive manner) · ja ひそかに (in a furtive manner) · kmr bi razberî (in a furtive manner) · ru та́йно (in a furtive manner) · az gizlin (in a furtive manner) · az oğrun (in a furtive manner) · got 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌾𐍉 (in a furtive manner) · ru скры́тно (in a furtive manner) · sa सनुतर् (in a furtive manner) · es furtivamente (in a furtive manner) · pl ukradkiem (in a furtive manner) · cmn 偷偷 (in a furtive manner) · pl tajemnie (in a furtive manner) · fr furtivement (in a furtive manner) · fr subrepticement (in a furtive manner) · eo ŝtele (in a furtive manner) · cs skrytě (in a furtive manner) · pl potajemnie (in a furtive manner) · cs kradmo (in a furtive manner) · pl skrycie (in a furtive manner) · es a furto (in a furtive manner) · pl cichaczem (in a furtive manner) · kmr bi dizîkî (in a furtive manner) · pl chyłkiem (in a furtive manner) · es a hurtadillas (in a furtive manner)