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# furtively

«furtively» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a secret, sly way, trying not to be seen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (furtively)

### meaning for a pupil

Furtively means in a secret, sly way, trying not to be seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtively/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a creature or person who creeps about out of sight

### examples

- The mouse peeped out furtively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtively/#x1)
- She glanced furtively at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtively/#x2)
- He crept furtively up the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtively/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «furtively» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtively/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.