Grammatical class

Adverb

furtivement

furtively, stealthily, surreptitiously

Details

Syllables

fur-ti-ve-ment

Phonetics

fyʁ.ti.və.mɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

8897

Freq. (movies)

16664

Freq. (news)

31298

Sentences

Il a été vu en train de manger un morceau de gâteau furtivement.

He was seen surreptitiously eating a piece of cake.

A1

Cet homme là-bas nous observe furtivement depuis un moment, le connais-tu ?

That man over there has been glancing at us furtively for a while, do you know him?

B1

Tom longea furtivement le couloir.

Tom walked quickly down the corridor.

B2

Elle regarda furtivement dans la pièce.

She snuck into the room.

B2