Hyphenation of furtive

Are you trying to hyphenate furtive? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

furtive

Definitions of furtive:

1.	Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy Taking pains to avoid being observed A furtive manner A sneak attack Stealthy footsteps A surreptitious glance at his watch
2.	Secret and sly or sordid Backstairs gossip His low backstairs cunning- A.L.Guerard Backstairs intimacies Furtive behavior

Synonyms of furtive:

adj	lurking, skulking, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, concealed
adj	backstair, backstairs, covert

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.