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English Dictionary: deviousness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deviousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deviousness
n
  1. the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly [syn: deviousness, obliqueness]
  2. the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
    Synonym(s): crookedness, deviousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Devious \De"vi*ous\, a. [L. devius; de + via way. See
      {Viaduct}.]
      1. Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness;
            as, a devious path or way.
  
      2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray;
            erring; wandering; as, a devious step.
  
      Syn: Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- {De"vi*ous*ly},
               adv. -- {De"vi*ous*ness}, n.
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