furtive glance
Secretive sidelong peek
A furtive glance is a quick, secretive look—the kind you steal when you don't want to be caught looking: She cast a furtive glance at his phone screen.
The phrase implies something slightly guilty or forbidden about the looking, whether checking out a stranger or sneaking a peek at someone else's cards.
- sidewaysToward one side
- side eyeDisapproving sideways glance
- peekFurtive brief look
- stolenTaken unlawfully
- stolen momentBrief treasured time taken
secretive · quick · quick look · darting · covert · sly · sneaky · watchful · suspicious · fleeting · glimpse · nervous · shifty · shifty eyes · wary · corner · eyes · eye contact
duration and intensity
furtive glancefixed gaze
long hard look · steady gaze · lingering look · penetrating stare
furtive, furtively, furtiveness, glance, glances, glanced, glancing