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PRONUNCIATION OF FURTIVELY

furtively  [ˈfɜːtɪvlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FURTIVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Furtively is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES FURTIVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

furtively

Secrecy

Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency. Secrecy is sometimes considered of life or death importance. U.S. soldier at camp during World War II.

Definition of furtively in the English dictionary

The definition of furtively in the dictionary is in such a way as to be characterized by stealth; slyly and secretively.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FURTIVELY


abortively
əˈbɔːtɪvlɪ
alternatively
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪvlɪ
assertively
əˈsɜːtɪvlɪ
collectively
kəˈlektɪvlɪ
concretively
kənˈkriːtɪvlɪ
constitutively
ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːtɪvlɪ
discretively
dɪsˈkriːtɪvlɪ
effectively
ɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ
expletively
ɪkˈspliːtɪvlɪ
inductively
ɪnˈdʌktɪvlɪ
institutively
ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːtɪvlɪ
negatively
ˈneɡətɪvlɪ
positively
ˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
relatively
ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ
respectively
rɪˈspɛktɪvlɪ
self-assertively
ˌsɛlfəˈsɜːtɪvlɪ
sportively
ˈspɔːtɪvlɪ
substitutively
ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːtɪvlɪ
supportively
səˈpɔːtɪvlɪ
unassertively
ˌʌnəˈsɜːtɪvlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FURTIVELY

furth
furthcoming
further
further education
further education college
Further Education Funding Council
furtherance
furtherer
furthermore
furthermost
furthersome
furthest
furtive
furtiveness
furuncle
furuncular
furunculosis
furunculous
fury
furze

WORDS THAT END LIKE FURTIVELY

actively
aggressively
collaboratively
comparatively
competitively
comprehensively
creatively
cumulatively
excessively
exclusively
extensively
intuitively
lively
lovely
massively
objectively
progressively
qualitatively
quantitatively
successively
tentatively

Synonyms and antonyms of furtively in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «furtively» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FURTIVELY

Find out the translation of furtively to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of furtively from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «furtively» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偷偷摸摸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

furtivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

furtively
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चोरी से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خلسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

украдкой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

furtivamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অলক্ষ্যে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

furtivement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara sembunyi-sembunyi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verstohlen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

こっそり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

몰래
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Furtively
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thâm hiểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவசரமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुपचुपपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizlice
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

furtivamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ukradkiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крадькома
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe furiș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρυφά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gariep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

furtively
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

furtively
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of furtively

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FURTIVELY»

The term «furtively» is normally little used and occupies the 122.746 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FURTIVELY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «furtively» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «furtively» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about furtively

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FURTIVELY»

Discover the use of furtively in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to furtively and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
furtively. furtively Heimlichkeit: in aller Heimlichkeit to dos.th.furtively verstohlen: verstohlen etw. tun. fury. to be in a blind fury Wut: blind vor Wut sein (to do s.th.) in a blind rage/furyWut: in sinnloser/rasender Wut (sich zu etw. hinreißen lassen/.
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
834.81 R. and B. 9.1084 "Not furtively as now, but bold and frank 870.72 R. and B . 11.367 Swooped down at waif and stray, made furtively our place 936.18 Fifine 95 Fur-tuft. For the wool-flock or the fur-tuft, though a hawk 704.16 R. and B.
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Readings from the Ancient Near East: Primary Sources for Old ...
He may rain down a mist in the morning and may furtively rain down a dew in the night, so that the fields will furtively bear grain. They built a temple for Adad in the city. They commanded, and the heralds proclaimed and made a loud noise in ...
Bill T. Arnold, Bryan E. Beyer, 2002
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Event Structures in Linguistic Form and Interpretation
Otherwise there is no truth-value difference between the "I" and "we" construals. For example, the "I" reading of (i), Carlson's (25a), is given in (i.a); it is equivalent to the "we" reading in (i.b), unless furtively in (i.a) can be taken to describe Beth's  ...
Johannes Dölling, Tatjana Heyde-Zybatow, Martin Schäfer, 2008
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Historical English Syntax
Arguments within a clause in Present-day English, for instance, may be interrupted only under certain circumstances: by a circumstantial argument, provided the verb is not final, as in, for instance, Fred furtively ran to the woods ( where furtively ...
Dieter Kastovsky, 1991
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UNAIDS Outlook Report July 2010
Fear. can. lead. drug. users. to. inject. quickly. and. furtively. “ ” Africa occur among injecting drug users. Between China, the Russian Federation and the USA, there are about six million people who inject drugs. The use of drugs is criminalized ...
Unaids, 2010
7
Daphne Du Maurier: Haunted Heiress
Reading. Furtively,. by. Flashlight. All books seem better when I'm not supposed to be reading them. I never should read Daphne du Maurier, but I regularly do. I don't read her nicknames or titles. When she married, her family cutely called her  ...
Nina Auerbach, 2002
8
Old Sir Douglas
She sat, then, bolt upright; her little pale hands folded in her lap, looking furtively at the stranger. Furtively, and askance. And Lady Clochnaben also looked at him: not at all furtively, but, on the contrary, with a scrutinizing and contemplative ...
Caroline Sheridan Norton, 1867
9
The Living Age ...
She sat. then, bolt-upright, her little pale hands folded in her lap, looking furtively at the stran r: furtively and askance. . And ady Clochnaben also looked at him: not at all furtively, but, on the contrary, with a scrutinizing and contemplative stare; ...
‎1866
10
Sophisms of the Protectionists
To rob : To take furtively, or by force. (Dictionary of the Academy.) Robber: He who takes more than his due. (Tlie same.) Now, does not the monopolist, who, by a law of his own making, obliges me to pay him twenty francs for an article which I  ...
Frédéric Bastiat, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FURTIVELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term furtively is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bill Cosby's Black Conservative Defenders: Accusers Are …
As a youth he repeatedly saw the rights and privileges of individuals blatantly and furtively ignored. One of the lessons he drummed into me ... «Eurweb.com, Jul 15»
2
Outdoors: American chestnut on comeback trail
Approaching perhaps 100 years in age, the 90-foot native chestnut spreading furtively and mostly unrecognized off the beaten path at ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
3
Weekend Edition: Waiting for Victor
But I began to furtively check out the hair in glass storefronts and there was no way I could avoid a big mirror that confronts me when I get off the ... «Shelter Island Reporter, Jul 15»
4
Has there been a breakthrough on Zebb Wayne Quinn, the man …
... Zebb had grown extremely attracted to Misty, pushing on to spend time with her and furtively maintaining contact even after learning of Misty's ... «The News Hub, Jul 15»
5
Greg Wise: Gone are the days of getting my backside out
Arriving outside Greg Wise and Emma Thompson's house in West Hampstead, northwest London, I furtively try to bin my takeaway coffee. «The Times, Jul 15»
6
Chris Selley: Toronto should learn from Conrad the raccoon
... or heed the bylaw officer's menaces whilst skating, or look around furtively before vaping? Would the raccoon call for a crackdown on Uber? «National Post, Jul 15»
7
Period piece
"The thing you're saying," she said furtively, "you ask at the counter." As someone with a vagina, I have struggledwith periods all my adult life. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
8
China market rout: the ordinary people with a taste for trading
... where one of the young women taking orders furtively admits she trades stocks (but is too busy serving customers to say anything more than ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
9
Here's How You Can Help Stop A Sexual Assault Before It Happens
She was out with friends and noticed a young woman nearly passed out on the bar, while someone else circled furtively around. He eventually ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Twenty-two suspects in Latin Kings case facing 2016 trial
... furtively filmed dozens of drug deals and gun sales, and used at least one undercover informant who cooperated with them for about a year. «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»

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