as in surreptitiously
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Recent Examples of furtively
Changing congressional maps in a bid to ensure one party’s victory over another — called gerrymandering — has typically been done more furtively.
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Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furtively
Adverb
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Pavlick allegedly placed the camera under the toilet seat and surreptitiously videotaped dozens of adults and children, police said, KCRG reports.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Robert surreptitiously attains Alfred’s workbook/diary, where many secrets may exist.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The song – and the band – stealthily established a place in culture by assisting people through big personal moments, both in solitude and with company.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
16 Oct. 2025
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Yet, the number of in-person days coming down the pipeline has been stealthily increasing.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
Adverb
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Coffee continues to reveal some health benefits – including the recent finding of promoting healthy aging in women – however, too much cream and sugar can sneakily add calories.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Due to high humidity levels, mold can sneakily build up in bathroom corners and crevices.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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From there, they are forced to deal with an aging group of matriarchs (June Squibb, Annette O’Toole and Marceline Hugot) who covertly run the town—not to mention the cold and calculating brothel manager Enid (Margo Martindale).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Just last year researchers using similar brain imaging methods found that one in four behaviorally unresponsive patients was covertly conscious.—
Andrew Chapman,
Scientific American,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Shot clandestinely and set for the most part in one somber Tehran apartment, Sacred Fig depicts a family of four whose patriarch, Iman (Misagh Zare), has just been named an investigating judge — a promotion that promises him both a bigger flat and a better place in Iran’s judicial hierarchy.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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People who make films clandestinely.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Furtively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furtively. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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