Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - devious
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Devious
devious
adjective Etymology: Latin devius, from de from + via way — more at de-, way Date: 1599 1. a. wandering, roundabout a ~ path b. moving without a fixed course ; errant ~ breezes 2. out-of-the-way, remote 3. a. deviating from a right, accepted, or common course ~ conduct b. not straightforward ; cunning a ~ politician; also deceptive a ~ trick • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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1.
adj. 1 (of a person etc.) not straightforward, underhand. 2 winding, circuitous. 3 erring, straying. Derivatives deviously adv. deviousness n. Etymology: L devius f. DE- + via way ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. непрямой, окольный devious paths —- окольные пути 2. заблуждающийся, заблудший 3. хитрый, неискренний devious person —- неискренний человек to be devious —- лавировать; изворачиваться; хитрить 4. отдаленный; уединенный devious coasts —- далекие берега ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adj. 1) отклоняющийся от прямого пути; блуждающий 2) окольный, кружный; извилистый devious paths - окольные пути 3) хитрый; неискренний, нечестный 4) отдаленный, уединенный ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
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 c darkgreen]disapproval • deviousness ...the deviousness of drug traffickers. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ adj 1 using dishonest tricks and deceiving people in order to get what you want (I wouldn't trust him - he's devious.) 2 formal not going in the most direct way to get to a place (a devious route) - deviously adv - deviousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 1599, from L. devius "out of the way, remote," from de via (see deviate). Figurative sense of "deceitful" is first recorded 1633. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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