deviousness (noun)

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• deviousness — devious 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… …   Financial and business terms

• deviousness — devious ► 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 …   English terms dictionary

• deviousness — noun see devious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• deviousness — noun The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness …   Wiktionary

• deviousness — noun 1. the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly • Syn: ↑obliqueness • Derivationally related forms: ↑oblique (for: ↑obliqueness), ↑devious • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• deviousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action: chicanery, craft, craftiness, dishonesty, indirection, shadiness, shiftiness, slyness, sneakiness, trickery, trickiness, underhandedness. See HONEST …   English dictionary for students

• devious — 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… …   Financial and business terms

• deviously — devious 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… …   Financial and business terms

• devious — adjective Etymology: Latin devius, from de from + via way more at de , way Date: 1599 1. a. wandering, roundabout < a devious path > b. moving without a fixed course ; errant …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• devious — [ di:vɪəs] adjective 1》 skilfully using underhand tactics to achieve goals. 2》 (of a route or journey) longer and less direct than the most straightforward way. Derivatives deviously adverb deviousness noun Origin C16 (in sense remote , later… …   English new terms dictionary

• devious — adjective 1 using dishonest tricks and deceiving people in order to get what you want: I wouldn t trust him he s devious. 2 formal not going in the most direct way to get to a place: a devious route deviously adverb deviousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English