DEVIOUS definition: 1. Devious people or plans and methods are dishonest, often in a complicated way, but often also…. Learn more.
Definition of devious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DEVIOUS definition: departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect. See examples of devious used in a sentence.
What is the etymology of the adjective devious? devious is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dēvius, ‑ous suffix.
devious (comparative more devious, superlative most devious) Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank. (literal, archaic) Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.
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Devious describes someone who tends to lie and to trick other people. Devious credit card companies lure younger and younger people into debt with offers of low interest rates and even just free t-shirts.
devious (adjective) devious / ˈ diːvijəs/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of DEVIOUS [more devious; most devious] 1 : willing to lie and trick people in order to get what is wanted
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Lay is often used where lie is considered standard, as in "I'm going to lay down for a quick nap." The use, which dates to the 14th century, troubled no one until the 18th, but since then, people who care about such things have tried to teach the rest of us that a person lies, not lays, down.