furtive

adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to

avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking

prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a

surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking

in the shadows" [syn: {lurking}, {skulking}, {sneak(a)},

{sneaky}, {stealthy}, {surreptitious}]

2: secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low

backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies";

"furtive behavior" [syn: {backstair}, {backstairs}]