deviousness
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.
de′vi·ous·ly adv.
de′vi·ous·ness n.
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| Noun | 1. | deviousness - the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly indirectness - having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal |
| 2. | deviousness - the quality of being deceitful and underhanded dishonesty - the quality of being dishonest |
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deviousness
nounLack of straightforwardness and honesty in action:
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Translations
إلتِواء الأساليب، خِداعِيَّه
křivolakostscestnost
lumskheduhæderlighed
kanyargósság
lævísi; sviksemi
krivosť
hilekârlık
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
deviousness
n
(= tortuousness) → Gewundenheit f
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devious
(ˈdiːviəs) adjectivenot direct; not straightforward. We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.
ˈdeviously adverbˈdeviousness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.