be+devious
1devious — de‧vi‧ous [ˈdiːviəs] adjective using dishonest tricks and deceiving people to get what you want: • He s an honest businessman, not the devious executive the government says he is. deviously adverb deviousness noun [uncountable] : • the… …
2Devious — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a… …
3Devious — may refer to: DeviousMUD, the forerunner to MMORPG Runescape Devious (novel), the ninth book in The It Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar Devious Diesel, a character in the television series Thomas and Friends This disambiguation page lists… …
4Devious (novel) — Devious   Author(s) Cecily von Ziegesar Country …
5devious — [adj1] dishonest, crafty artful, calculating, crooked, deceitful, double dealing, duplicitous, errant, erring, evasive, faking one out*, fishy*, foxy*, fraudulent, guileful, indirect, insidious, insincere, not straightforward, oblique,… …
6Devious (Doctor Who) — DEVIOUS is a fan made Doctor Who story; though it has never been broadcast, a preview of it can be found on the Special Features DVD of the classic Doctor Who story The War Games . In the final scene Jon Pertwee appears in what was to be his last …
7devious — I adjective aberrant, ambagious, artful, circuitous, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, designing, deviating, deviative, devius, errant, excursive, foxy, indirect, insidious, labyrinthine, roundabout, scheming, serpentine, sinuous, sly,… …
8devious — 1590s, out of the way, from L. devius out of the way, remote, off the main road, from de via (see DEVIATE (Cf. deviate)). Originally in the Latin literal sense; figurative sense of deceitful is first recorded 1630s. Related: Deviously;… …
9devious — *crooked, oblique Analogous words: deviating, diverging, digressing (see SWERVE): aberrant, *abnormal: tricky, crafty, artful, cunning, foxy, insidious, *sly Antonyms: straightforward Contrasted words: downright, *forthright …
10devious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) skilful in using underhand tactics. 2) (of a route or journey) deviating from the most direct course; circuitous. DERIVATIVES deviously adverb deviousness noun. ORIGIN Latin devius out of the way , from via way …
