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Italian
Adverb
di furto
- (obsolete) secretly, stealthily, surreptitiously, furtively
- Synonyms: di nascosto, furtivamente
c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto [Fourth Treatise]”, in Convivio [The Banquet], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, Chapter 5:Non puose Iddio le mani proprie, quando li Franceschi, tutta Roma presa, prendeano di furto Campidoglio di notte, e solamente la voce d’una oca fè ciò sentire?- Was the hand of God not evident when the Gauls, having taken all of Rome, secretly seized the Capitol during the night and only the cry of a goose made it known?