| furtive | | |
| adj. | 1. furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious | 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" |
| ~ concealed | hidden on any grounds for any motive.; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase" |
| adj. | 2. backstair, backstairs, furtive | secret and sly or sordid.; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" |
| ~ covert | secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed.; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" |
| gradual | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. gradual | (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass. |
| ~ antiphon, antiphony | a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response. |
| ~ church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. |
| adj. | 2. gradual | proceeding in small stages.; "a gradual increase in prices" |
| ~ slow | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| ~ bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise | one thing at a time. |
| ~ gradational, gradatory, graduated | taking place by degrees. |
| adj. | 3. gradual | (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt.; "a gradual slope" |
| ~ gentle, easy | marked by moderate steepness.; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope" |
| ~ sloping | having a slanting form or direction.; "an area of gently sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling" |
| ~ inclined | at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position.; "an inclined plane" |
| slower | | |
| adv. | 1. slower | more slowly. |
| stealthily | | |
| adv. | 1. stealthily | in a stealthy manner.; "stealthily they advanced upstream" |
| sluggish | | |
| adj. | 1. sluggish, sulky | moving slowly.; "a sluggish stream" |
| ~ slow | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| adj. | 2. dull, slow, sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ inactive | lacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" |
| adj. | 3. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid | slow and apathetic.; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" |
| ~ inactive | not active physically or mentally.; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" |
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