furtive

/ˈfɜːtɪv/

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sıfat

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

  1. sıfat Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.

    “[T]ender cares and mild domestic Loves, / With furtive watch, pursue her [a swan] as she moves; […]”

  2. sıfat Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily.

    “Novv ſhine theſe Planets vvith ſubſtantial Rays? / Does innate Luſtre gild their meaſur'd Days? / Or do they (as your Schemes, I think, have ſhovvn) / Dart furtive Beams, and Glory not their ovvn, / All Servants to that Source of Light, the Sun?”

  3. sıfat Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy.

    “All women have their foibles. Wise husbands must bear and forbear. Is that all? wherefore, then, is her aspect so furtive, wherefore on his a wild, vigilant sternness?”

  4. sıfat Of a person, etc.: inclined to steal; pilfering, thieving.

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