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Devious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Devious? [adj] deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" [adj] indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers" [adj] characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a devious character"; "shifty eyes" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Devious: circuitous \| indirect \| oblique \| roundabout \| shifty \| untrustworthy \| untrusty Related Terms \| Find terms related to Devious: aberrant \| aberrative \| ambagious \| amoral \| anfractuous \| artful \| backhand \| backhanded \| balled up \| bending \| Byzantine \| calculating \| canny \| circuitous \| circular \| complex \| complicated \| confounded \| confused \| conscienceless \| convoluted \| corrupt \| corrupted \| crabbed \| crafty \| criminal \| crooked \| cunning \| curving \| daedal \| dark \| deceitful \| deceptive \| deflectional \| departing \| designing \| desultory \| deviant \| deviating \| deviative \| deviatory \| digressive \| discursive \| dishonest \| dishonorable \| divagational \| divergent \| diverting \| double-dealing \| doubtful \| dubious \| duplicitous \| elaborate \| embrangled \| entangled \| errant \| erratic \| erring \| evasive \| excursive \| felonious \| fishy \| fouled up \| foxy \| fraudulent \| furtive \| guileful \| helical \| ill-got \| ill-gotten \| immoral \| implicated \| indirect \| insidious \| insincere \| intricate \| involuted \| involved \| knotted \| knowing \| labyrinthian \| labyrinthine \| left-handed \| lonesome \| loused up \| many-faceted \| matted \| mazy \| meandering \| messed up \| misleading \| mixed up \| mucked up \| multifarious \| not kosher \| oblique \| orbital \| O-shaped \| out-of-the-way \| pawky \| perplexed \| planetary \| plotting \| questionable \| rambling \| ramified \| remote \| removed \| retired \| rotary \| rotten \| round \| roundabout \| roving \| scheming \| screwed up \| secret \| secretive \| serpentine \| shady \| shameless \| shifting \| shifty \| shrewd \| side \| sidelong \| sinister \| sinistral \| sinuous \| slick \| slippery \| sly \| smooth \| snaky \| snarled \| sneaking \| sneaky \| spiral \| stray \| subtile \| subtle \| surreptitious \| suspicious \| swerving \| tangled \| tangly \| tortuous \| treacherous \| tricky \| turning \| twisted \| twisting \| unconscienced \| unconscientious \| unconscionable \| underhand \| underhanded \| undirected \| unethical \| unprincipled \| unsavory \| unscrupulous \| unstraightforward \| vagrant \| veering \| vulpine \| wandering \| wily \| winding \| without remorse \| without shame \| zigzag See Also \| Devious In Webster's Dictionary \De"vious\, a. [L. devius; de + via way. See {Viaduct}.] 1. Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way. 2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step. Syn: Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- {De"viously}, adv. -- {De"vious*ness}, n.

Devious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Devious?

[adj] deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
[adj] indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers"
[adj] characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a devious character"; "shifty eyes"

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Devious In Webster's Dictionary

\De"vi*ous\, a. [L. devius; de + via way. See
{Viaduct}.]
1. Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness;
   as, a devious path or way.

2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray;
   erring; wandering; as, a devious step.

Syn: Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- {De"vi*ous*ly},
     adv. -- {De"vi*ous*ness}, n.

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