DEVIOUS


Meaning of DEVIOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di:viəs ]

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 ]

• de‧vi‧ous‧ness

...the deviousness of drug traffickers.

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