FURTIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does furtiveness mean? 

• FURTIVENESS (noun)
  The noun FURTIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously

  Familiarity information: FURTIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURTIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

furtiveness; sneakiness; stealthiness

Hypernyms ("furtiveness" is a kind of...):

closeness; secretiveness (characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes))

Derivation:

furtive (secret and sly or sordid)

furtive (marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed)