furtiveness

noun

Definition of furtivenessnext
as in reticence

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  1. reticence
  2. subterfuge
  3. silence
  4. stealth
Noun
  • Rodgers’ explanations for his reticence to throw it deep have ranged from the offensive line needing to hold blocks for longer to, last week, the Colts defense deploying two-high coverage and forcing him into dump-offs and short throws.
    Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In person, the actress exudes intellectual intensity and modish English reticence, though there’s a certain mischievous energy, of the kind that defined her early performances, that glimmers in her eyes.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of reticence
Noun
  • This content, much of it clearly generated by AI rather than intended to deceive—a medium of crude self-expression, not sophisticated subterfuge—may have been the technology’s biggest impact on the 2024 presidential election.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But as the film goes on, those idiosyncrasies reveal themselves to be more like a blend of subterfuge and pleasure, another way for Macrinus to hide his intentions behind a veil.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of subterfuge
Noun
  • Those who knew Mangione also sounded the alarm over his apparent silence in the weeks leading up to the shooting.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • On Wednesday, North Korea's state media broke its silence on the crisis, highlighting the turmoil, though no unusual activities have been observed from the regime so far.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of silence
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  • Using stealth, a weasel scattered shoes around a kindergarten classroom in Japan and took 15 of them before police were called to investigate.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Or guests could go with The Bronze Monster 43mm, whose look is inspired by the Prohibition era and the stealth of rumrunners on Michigan waterways.
    Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of stealth
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