Английский Этимологический словарь - furtive
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~ adj behaving as if you want to keep something secret (There was something furtive about his appearance. | furtive glances/looks) (Christine kept stealing furtive glances at me.) - furtively adv - furtiveness n fury ~ n 1 extreme, often uncontrolled anger (I was shaking with fury.) 2 a feeling of extreme anger (in a fury) ("Go on then!" shouted Jamie in a fury. "See if I care!" | fly into a fury (=quickly become very angry)) (Paul flew into one of his furies.) 3 much to sb's fury/ to the fury of sb if something is done much to someone's fury, it makes them very angry (The report was leaked to the press, much to the president's fury.) 4 a fury of a state of very busy activity or strong feeling (She was listening with such a fury of concentration that she did not notice Arthur had left.) 5 like fury informal with great effort or energy (We went out and played like fury.) 6 the fury of the wind/sea/waves etc used to describe bad weather conditions (At last the fury of the storm lessened.) 7 Fury one of the three snake-haired goddesses in ancient Greek stories, who punished crime ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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If you describe someone’s behaviour as furtive, you disapprove of them behaving as if they want to keep something secret or hidden. With a furtive glance over her shoulder, she unlocked the door and entered the house. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: French or Latin; French furtif, from Latin furtivus, from furtum theft, from fur thief, from or akin to Greek phor thief; akin to Greek pherein to carry — more at bear Date: 1612 1. a. done by stealth ; surreptitious b. expressive of stealth ; sly had a ~ look about him 2. obtained underhandedly ; stolen Synonyms: see secret • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 done by stealth, clandestine, meant to escape notice. 2 sly, stealthy. 3 stolen, taken secretly. 4 thievish, pilfering. Derivatives furtively adv. furtiveness n. Etymology: F furtif -ive or L furtivus f. furtum theft ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. скрытый, тайный; неизбежный furtive smile —- чуть приметная улыбка to cast a furtive glance —- посмотреть украдкой furtive in one's actions —- действующий исподтишка furtive blow —- предательский удар 2. крадущийся furtive footsteps —- крадущиеся шаги 3. хитрый 4. вороватый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) скрытый, тайный furtive footsteps - крадущиеся шаги to cast a furtive glance - посмотреть украдкой 2) хитрый Syn: see stealthy ...Англо-русский словарь
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