Meaning
furtively, stealthily
- in a secretive or stealthy manner to avoid detection
In a sentence
L'uomo si guardò intorno furtivamente prima di attraversare il corridoio deserto.
The man looked around furtively before crossing the deserted hallway.
Perché sei uscito furtivamente dalla stanza durante la riunione?
Why did you slip furtively out of the room during the meeting?
Nessuno notò la figura che scivolava furtivamente tra le ombre del giardino.
Nobody noticed the figure slipping stealthily through the garden shadows.
Usage notes
- Literary: common in fiction and narrative texts, rarely heard in informal speech.
- Formed regularly by attaching '-mente' to the feminine adjective 'furtiva'.