Devious
['diːvɪəs] or ['divɪəs]
Definition
(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' .
Typist: Tito--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.
(a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.
Typist: Sol
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Deviating, erratic, wandering, out of the common way.[2]. Erratic, going astray.
Editor: Vince
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tortuous, circuitous, untracked, trackless, pathless, ambagious, roundabout,distorted
ANT:Direct, plain, trodden, frequented, straightforward
Typist: Psyche
Definition
adj. from or out of the way: roundabout: erring.—adv. Dē′viously.—n. Dē′viousness.
Inputed by Gerard
Examples
- Again scampering devious, bounding here, rushing there, snuffing and sniffing everywhere; she at last discovered me in classe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Defeated in that, his enemies resorted to a more devious method; they began to lop away his friends. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I sought the Continent, and went devious through all its lands. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When the travellers had pushed on at a rapid rate through many devious paths, the Palmer at length broke silence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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