furtive
/ˈfɜːtɪv/ adjectiveDefinition
› doing something secretly, or done secretly, so that people do not notice: He gave her a furtive glance as soon as his wife left the room.
furtively adverb (Definition of furtive adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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