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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
devious /ˈdiːvɪəs/
▶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.
deviously adverb,
deviousness noun.
– origin C16 (in sense ‘remote’, later ‘departing from the direct route’): from L. devius (from de- ‘away from’ + via ‘way’) + -ous.
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