furtive vs sphinxlike

furtive

adj
  • Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy. 

  • Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy. 

  • Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily. 

  • Of a person, etc.: inclined to steal; pilfering, thieving. 

sphinxlike

adj
  • Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance 

  • Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx. Especially, not showing emotion 

How often have the words furtive and sphinxlike occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )