Devious

/ˈdiː.vi.əs/ · adjective

Meaning

Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank..

Definitions by Sense

1. Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
2. (literal, archaic) Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.

Example Sentences

The wandering Arab never sets his tent Within her walls; the Shepherd eyes afar Her evil towers, and devious drives his flock.

Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.

We went down accordingly into the waste, and began to make our toilsome and devious travel towards the eastern verge.

On the second day, a sail drew near, nearer, and picked me up at last. It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan.

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• more devious
• most devious

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