English Synonym Finder

furtively

Definitions

In a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.

Suggestive of guilty nervousness or slyness.

Examples

The student glanced furtively at his neighbor's exam paper while the teacher was distracted.

She furtively slipped the secret note into his pocket before walking away.

The cat moved furtively through the tall grass, stalking its unsuspecting prey.

Synonyms

secretly stealthily slyly covertly surreptitiously clandestinely sneakily

Antonyms

openly publicly candidly frankly boldly visibly plainly