furtiveness
noun[U]
uk/ˈfɜː.tɪv.nəs/us/ˈfɝː.t̬ɪv.nəs/secretand oftendishonestbehaviour:
Theirvoiceshad anurgentfurtiveness.
There was a furtiveness in the way shemoved, as if she did notwantto beobserved.
See
furtive
- Heexpressedhisfeelingswith aterrifiedfurtiveness that washeartbreaking.
- Anne wasannoyedby thisunnecessaryfurtiveness andwonderedwhyJohnhad notexplainedthesituationto hersooner.
- Politicians' furtiveness overtheirpaycannotpossiblybeexcused.
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymization
- anonymize
- anonymous
- anonymously
- cryptography
- data protection
- dead men tell no talesidiom
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- private
- privately
- privileged
- pseudonym
- pseudonymization
- undisclosed
- whitewash
- whitewashing
- wrap
- wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom