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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fur·tive /ˈfɝtɪv/
 (a.)私下的,祕密的,隱密的,偷偷摸摸的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fur·tive a.  Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look.
    A hasty and furtive ceremony.   --Hallam.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 furtive
      adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
             avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking
             prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a
             surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking
             in the shadows" [syn: lurking, skulking, sneak(a),
              sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]
      2: secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low
         backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies";
         "furtive behavior" [syn: backstair, backstairs]