Definitions of furtive

1. secret and sly or sordid; " backstairs gossip"; " his low backstairs cunning"- A. L. Guerard; " backstairs intimacies"; " furtive behavior"

2. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; " a furtive manner"; " a lurking prowler"; " a sneak attack"; " stealthy footsteps"; " a surreptitious glance at his watch"; " someone skulking in the shadows"

3. Sly; secret; stealthy; as, furtive glances or actions.

4. Stealthy: secret.

5. Stolen; stealthy.

6. Stolen, as furtive glances.