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devious
Universal Words
adjective
1 behaving in a dishonest or indirect way, or deceiving people, in order to get sth
SYNCUNNING:
a devious politician * He got rich by devious means.
2 ~ route / path a route or path that is not straight but has many changes in direction; not direct:
a devious route from the airport
deviously adverb
deviousness noun [U]
