亚洲网紅露点

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devious

[ dee-vee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect:

    a devious course.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. without definite course; vagrant:

    a devious current.

  3. departing from the proper or accepted way; roundabout:

    a devious procedure.

  4. not straightforward; shifty or crooked:

    a devious scheme to acquire wealth.

    Synonyms: , , , ,



devious

/ 藞诲颈藧惫瑟蓹蝉 /

adjective

  1. not sincere or candid; deceitful; underhand
  2. (of a route or course of action) rambling; indirect; roundabout
  3. going astray from a proper or accepted way; erring
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞诲别惫颈辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
  • 藞诲别惫颈辞耻蝉苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别顎僾颈路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 诲别顎僾颈路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 苍辞苍路诲别顎僾颈路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • non路诲别顎僾颈路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • non路诲别顎僾颈路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍路诲别顎僾颈路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • un路诲别顎僾颈路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • un路诲别顎僾颈路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of devious1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; from Latin 诲脓惫颈耻蝉 鈥渙ut-of-the-way, erratic,鈥 from 诲脓- de- + -vius (adjective derivative of via 鈥渨补测鈥)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of devious1

C16: from Latin 诲脓惫颈耻蝉 lying to one side of the road, from de- + via road
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Example Sentences

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鈥淧eople know me as a striver, someone who鈥檚 always coming up with devious, clever ways around things, who then gets punched in the face by the world over and over,鈥 Odenkirk says.

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The player gets played only when Dawson is challenged by a trickster even more devious than her.

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In retrospect, the 鈥淐onor鈥 moment in the Oval Office on March 12 looks like a set-up 鈥 or, more to the point, like a devious and especially petty work of MAGA-world chicanery.

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"She's devious, that one. She loves the attention," she said.

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An estimated 127 million viewers saw the rapper flash a devious smile to the camera as he delivered the line - a withering takedown of bitter rival Drake.

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