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21devious — adjective 1) the devious ways in which they bent the rules Syn: underhand, dishonest, crafty, cunning, conniving, scheming, sneaky, furtive; informal crooked, shady; Brit.; informal dodgy 2) a devious route Syn …
22devious — adj. Devious is used with these nouns: ↑cunning, ↑grin, ↑plan, ↑scheme, ↑tactic …
23devious — [16] Devious and its close relative deviate [17] are both based on the notion of going ‘out of the way’. They come respectively from Latin dēvius and dēviāre, compound adjective and verb formed from the prefix dē ‘from’ and via ‘way’. =>… …
24devious — [16] Devious and its close relative deviate [17] are both based on the notion of going ‘out of the way’. They come respectively from Latin dēvius and dēviāre, compound adjective and verb formed from the prefix dē ‘from’ and via ‘way’. Cf.⇒… …
25devious — adjective /ˈdiːviəs/ Deviating; not straightforward, not honest, not frank; not standard …
26devious — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, O shaped, aberrant, aberrative, ambagious, amoral, anfractuous, artful, backhand, backhanded, balled up, bending, calculating, canny, circuitous, circular, complex, complicated, confounded, confused,… …
27devious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See deviation, circuity, deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Indirect] Syn. circuitous, roundable, tortuous, evasive; see indirect . 2. [Crafty] Syn. foxy, insidious, shrewd, underhanded; see… …
28devious — de·vi·ous || diËvjÉ™s adj. deceptive; crooked; twisting, circuitous; roundabout; indirect; errant …
29devious paths — indirect way, winding path …
30devious — [ di:vɪəs] adjective 1》 skilfully using underhand tactics to achieve goals. 2》 (of a route or journey) longer and less direct than the most straightforward way. Derivatives deviously adverb deviousness noun Origin C16 (in sense remote , later… …
