Modifies a noun

• glance: She had been watching him with furtive glances, waiting for the signal to approach.

• eye: His furtive eyes and jutting chin capture the two sides of the man: a craven, clever bully.

• look: He gave a furtive look at the deserted shops on the opposite side of the road.

• activity: Picking up Ashes tickets outside grounds will be possible, but may involve some furtive, criminal activity.

• imagination: I couldn't find this event in the Gospels, so it must have sprung from the furtive imagination of Mel Gibson.

• behavior: Coming Up Dawn and Mike's furtive behavior sounds alarm bells for Mickey.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: At social gatherings she's always lurking on the edge of the proceedings looking slightly furtive.

• even: This blatancy factor embedded in UFO waves alternates with periods in which UFO behavior seems more subtle, even furtive.

• very: Our first task as practitioners is to document what goes on in this very furtive field.

Used with adjective complement

• look: At social gatherings she's always lurking on the edge of the proceedings looking slightly furtive.

• become: In a long gloomy corridor the Vixen had become suddenly furtive, looking all around.