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de·vi·ous

(dē′vē-əs)
adj.
1. Not straightforward; shifty: a devious character.
2. Departing from the correct or accepted way; erring: achieved success by devious means.
3. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout: a devious route.
4. Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
[From Latin dēvius, out-of-the-way : dē-, de- + via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
de′vi·ous·ly adv.
de′vi·ous·ness n.
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Adv. 1. deviously - in a devious manner; "he got the promotion by behaving deviously"
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Translations
klikatěkřivolace
lumsktlusket
kacskaringósan
á útsmoginn hátt
krivolako
hile ile

deviously

[ˈdiːvɪəslɪ] ADV [act, behave] → taimadamente
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deviously

adv (+vb) → mit List und Tücke
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deviously

[ˈdiːvɪəslɪ] adv (act) → subdolamente
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devious

(ˈdiːviəs) adjective
not direct; not straightforward. We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted. afwykend غَيْر مُباشِر، مُلْتَوٍ، خِداعي заобиколен tortuoso křivolaký, klikatý abwegig lusket; lumsk; uhæderlig λοξός, πλάγιος, δόλιος tortuoso käänuline, riukalik راه پر پیچ و خم؛ غیر مستقیم؛ کجراه mutkitteleva détourné ערמומי चालाक, चतुर zastranio, krivudav kanyargós memutar hlykkjóttur, króka- tortuoso, traverso 遠回りの 우회적인 aplinkinis aplinkus; negodīgs putar belit kronkelend, slinks slynget, snodd; utspekulert okrężny, pokrętny بې لارى ښويېدلى، سرګردانه، ګمراه tortuoso ocolit окольный; хитрый nepriamy, krivolaký; nečestný ovinkast, zvit zaobilazan avsides [liggande], irrande, bedräglig ที่คดเคี้ยว; ซึ่งหลอกลวง dürüst olmayan 迂迴的 кружний; обхідний ٹیڑھا راستہ xảo quyệt 迂回的
ˈdeviously adverb
langs 'n omweg بصورةٍ غَيْر مُباشِرَه، بصورَةٍ مُلْتَوِيَه с отклонения tortuosamente křivolace, klikatě abwegig lusket; lumskt; uhæderligt πλαγίως, δόλια tortuosamente riukalikult با حیله گری petollisesti d'une façon détournée בְּעוֹרמָה चालाकी से neiskreno kacskaringósan secara memutar á útsmoginn hátt in maniera tortuosa 遠回しに 우회적으로 aplinkiniu būdu, klastingai aplinkus ceļā; negodīgi secara putar belit onoprecht ad omveier, utspekulert okrężnie, pokrętnie په چل سره tortuosamente pe ocolite хитро krivolako po ovinkih zaobilazno på omvägar (smygvägar) อย่างไม่จริงใจ hile ile 迂迴地 непрямо; нечесно پیچیدگی سے một cách xảo quyệt 迂回地
ˈdeviousness noun
afwykendheid إلتِواء الأساليب، خِداعِيَّه криволичене desonestidade křivolakost; scestnost die Abwegigkeit lumskhed; uhæderlighed δολιότητα, πανουργία astucia, retorcimiento käänulisus, riukalikkus حقه بازی petollisuus détours, sournoiserie ערמומיות चालाकी, चतुरता krivudavost, zastranjenje kanyargósság penyimpangan lævísi; sviksemi l'essere indiretto 遠回りすること 우회 klastingumas negodīgums putar belit onoprechtheid det å gå omveier/gjøre ting på uærlig vis okrężność, nieuczciwość غلچكى desonestidade ocol; prefăcătorie хитрость krivosť; nečestnosť, mylnosť ovinkarstvo zaobilaznost bedräglighet การหลอกลวง hilekârlık 迂迴 нахил; нечесність پیچیدگی sự xảo quyệt 迂回
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