Devious

Quick meaning: Devious is an adjective meaning Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (literal, archaic) Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.

Example Sentences

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

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

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.

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.

Synonyms for devious

Depending on context, synonyms include oblique, circuitous, shifty, roundabout, untrustworthy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include untrustworthy, shifty, roundabout, circuitous, oblique, duplicitous.

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