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Qué (quién) es DEVIOUS - definición
devious
a.
1.
Deviating, erratic, wandering, out of the common way.
2.
Erratic, going astray, sinful.
3.
Crooked, mazy, labyrinthine, obscure, confusing.
4.
Crooked, disingenuous, misleading, treacherous.
devious
If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private...
ADJ [disapproval]
• deviousness
...the deviousness of drug traffickers.
N-UNCOUNT
devious
['di:v??s]
¦ 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
Origin
C16 (in sense 'remote', later 'departing from the direct route'): from L. devius (from de- 'away from' + via 'way') + -ous.
Ejemplos de uso de DEVIOUS
1. Devious, devious swine. david.aaronovitch@btinternet.com
2. So I think a bit of me wants to be sort of sly and devious," he says, with a rather sly and devious expression.
3. Adeyoola was a "cunning, highly manipulative and devious" killer.
4. Said Villanova University law professor Lewis Becker÷ Covered his tracks suggests something devious.
5. Said Villanova University law professor Lewis Becker÷ "Covered his tracks suggests something devious.