furtively

English

Etymology

From Middle English furtyvely; equivalent to furtive +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːtɪvli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

furtively (comparative more furtively, superlative most furtively)

1. In a furtive manner.
   • 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods‎^[1], London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 4:

     And furtively Time looked him in the face and edged towards him fingering with his dripping fingers the hilt of his nimble sword.

Synonyms

• secretively
• surreptitiously

Translations

in a furtive manner

• Azerbaijani: oğrun, gizlin
• Catalan: furtivament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偷偷 (zh) (tōutōu)

• Czech: kradmo (cs), skrytě, nenápadně
• Finnish: vaivihkaa (fi), vaivihkaisesti (fi)
• French: furtivement (fr), subrepticement (fr)
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌾𐍉 (þiubjō)
• Japanese: ひそかに (ja) (hisoka ni)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bi dizîkî (ku), bi nehînî (ku), bi razberî (ku)

• Polish: ukradkiem (pl), chyłkiem (pl), potajemnie (pl), cichaczem (pl), skrycie (pl)
• Russian: скры́тно (ru) (skrýtno), укра́дкой (ru) (ukrádkoj), тайко́м (ru) (tajkóm), та́йно (ru) (tájno)
• Sanskrit: सनुतर् (sa) (sanutar)
• Spanish: furtivamente (es), a hurtadillas