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词汇 furtively
释义 furtively
adverb
uk /ˈfɜː.tɪv.li/ us /ˈfɝː.t̬ɪv.li/
secretly and often dishonestly: 偷偷摸摸地;鬼鬼祟祟地
As she turned away I saw him sniff furtively under his arm.当她转身离开时,我看到他偷偷地在腋下嗅了嗅。
She saw him talking furtively to another man.
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furtive
The film star met furtively with a reporter recently.
He had seen her acting furtively before the incident.
People looked furtively from behind curtains but refused to answer the doors.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Secrecy and privacy
anonymity
anonymization
anonymize
anonymous
anonymously
cryptography
data protection
dead men tell no talesidiom
dissimulate
dissimulation
on the quietidiom
privacy
privacy settings
private
privately
under wrapsidiom
undisclosed
unrevealed
unsourced
unstated

Examples of furtively


furtively
Those responsible for high profits, be they in engine repair contracts or anything else, spread the good news and do not conceal it furtively.
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The decision was taken furtively and in a tremendous hurry.
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It is not being done furtively and out of the public eye.
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One sees people looking around furtively as they approach their car to see whether it is safe.
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They furtively probe a situation and, generally speaking, end up by getting the worst of the skirmish which takes place afterwards.
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At least in my day it was done furtively behind the bicycle shed.
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They were to be found tucked furtively into the satchel and concealed craftily under every teenager's desk top.
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Yet they seek to pass furtively the order which we now have before us.
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Money could still be filtered through rather furtively and to the disadvantage of our political system.
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Secondly, the criteria for including drugs should be made public, not furtively in private.
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Whatever one's point of view, there is clearly no case for furtively or secretively deciding to put fluoride in the water.
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Why are they sheltering furtively behind other no campaigners?
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If it is coming into the country furtively, in small quantities, one does not know whether it is retaining its potency and being properly handled.
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A few foolhardy men furtively indulging in smoking up the chimney courted discovery and disgrace.
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Blacklisting organisations provide the so-called information in secrecy and furtively to firms that then illegally—or what will be illegally—refuse employment.
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