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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a furtive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something done in a secretive or stealthy manner, often to avoid being noticed.
Example: "He cast a furtive glance around the room before slipping out the door."
Alternatives: "a secretive" or "a stealthy".
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In a furtive manner?
Not a furtive glance.
A "furtive movement" is the most popular.
Then Wanjiru answered with a furtive attack.
"Moscow was a furtive city," Sarah observes.
Nora gave me a furtive glance.
Gary flashes a furtive look my way.
But today, "culture" has a furtive, shady, ridiculous aspect.
Fouchier's research was hardly the work of a furtive renegade.
A furtive cigarette or two needs to be smoked.
For Cahiers' critics, film-going became a furtive activity.
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