Adjective : a furtive glance. ,a furtive manner. From Dictionary.com.
Competition in exploration often develops an atmosphere of suspicion and furtiveness which is highly unfavorable to coöperative efforts. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
The very furtiveness of the gesture disturbed her. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
When he turned, he showed his first signs of furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [A Gift From Earth]
There was an uneasiness about, even a faint air of furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [San Andreas]
Yet again, there was no furtiveness about this torch-bearing mob. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
This furtiveness is not helpful in a time of high public anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [Now for the Slaughter] Reference
About him was a furtiveness of the wilds, not guilty but protective. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
He held his head high and his eyes lost then - apologetic furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Restoree]
Privacy in the Alcott family was equated with secrecy and furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Louisa May Alcott] Reference
There was a furtiveness about the last night's spying which made him wary. From Wordnik.com. [Galactic Derelict]
Fraser tried to combine furtiveness, daring, and distaste in one expression. From Wordnik.com. [Modesty Blaise]
There seemed to be a furtiveness to her now that Eli had not noticed before. From Wordnik.com. [New Race] Reference
There was also a furtiveness in their expressions which boded no good at all. From Wordnik.com. [In The Frame]
Such an arrangement is unenforceable, and its furtiveness discourages planning. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Pollack: Let Vincent Buy New Pants! Support the Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2008] Reference
But Julia would never forgive those eyes, the momentary expression of furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Soul] Reference
He lurked behind a parked car, checked his watch, scribbled down notes, and exuded furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [While Other People Sleep]
Only one had shown the furtiveness which character-izes a move toward an act considered perverse. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Copper Tears]
I was aware that all of them watched me with a certain furtiveness which raised my spirits a little. From Wordnik.com. [The Reluctant Queen]
Is it embarrassment or the inevitable pursuit by the media and fanatics that encourages my furtiveness?. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]
Without some encoded furtiveness, some intimations of a secret through-the-looking-glass world, the magic vanishes. From Wordnik.com. [Is pop music sexualising our children?] Reference
Blueshell's fidgety nervousness -- furtiveness, it seemed to Pham -- had disappeared as he got into piloting the craft. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D), CALIFORNIA: It has all of those difficulties of being illegal: fear, furtiveness, a hidden nature. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2006] Reference
In the old days a cabinet council was a secret conclave, secrecy and furtiveness were in the texture of all public life. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of the Comet] Reference
November 9th, 2008 at 12: 23 am casino torre quebrada says: casino torre quebrada … laid geosynchronous. furtiveness, Rick?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » “Frist told reporters] Reference
And she glanced about her at tiled walls and mosaic floors with a furtiveness that was none the less critical for being so sly. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
With no particular attempt at furtiveness the personnel vehicle had glided up the long ramp to the exit gate and arrived at the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Starless Realm]
The others smiled with varying degrees of furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Angel Island] Reference
Its attractive kindliness was marred by a certain furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Till the Clock Stops] Reference
"Well," said Pixley, with a furtiveness half habit, as he rose to go. From Wordnik.com. [In the Arena Stories of Political Life] Reference
Perhaps a kind of public surreptitiousness, a quite open furtiveness, had troubled him. From Wordnik.com. [Here are Ladies] Reference
He regarded Lilly with a furtiveness prompted solely by a desire not to appear audacious. From Wordnik.com. [Star-Dust] Reference
I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance] Reference
His surprise had evidently impressed her as furtiveness, for she said, "So it is Mr. Easterday?". From Wordnik.com. [The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel] Reference
They were bloodshot, with a heavy, hanging furtiveness, not unlike one of his own hunted steers. From Wordnik.com. [Cressy] Reference
This furtiveness was necessary because they knew that both sets of parents would strenuously object to the marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
And there was some haste in his slouching, loose-jointed gait which gave to his journey a suggestion of furtiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies] Reference
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