adjective · rare

devious

de·vi·ous

devious · more devious · most devious

хитрий, підступний

хитрый, коварный, нечестный, неискренний

link, verschlagen, hinterhältig, heimtückisch

Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frankCunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.

/ˈdiː.vi.əs/

» Tom is devious.

Tom ist hinterhältig.

Том неискренен.

Том коварный.

Том підступний.

Meaning

2 senses

Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
heimtückisch, hinterrücks, unaufrichtig
кова́рныйkovárnyj, нече́стныйnečéstnyj, неи́скреннийneískrennij
хитрийxytryj, підступнийpidstupnyj
(archaic)Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.
abwegig, indirekt, krumm
око́льныйokólʹnyj, непрямо́йneprjamój
непрямийneprjamyj, звивистийzvyvystyj

More definitions

deviating from a straight course
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

Examples

24 sentences

Tom is devious.
Том підступний.
ruТом неискренен.
deTom ist hinterhältig.
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Could Tom really be that devious?
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I don't think Tom is devious.
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I think that Tom is devious.
ruДумаю, Том хитёр.
deIch denke, Tom ist verschlagen.
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I don't think that Tom is devious.
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

cunning or deceiving, not straightforward:

roundabout, circuitous, deviating:

Русский

By meaning 2

cunning or deceiving, not straightforward:

roundabout, circuitous, deviating:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

cunning or deceiving, not straightforward:

roundabout, circuitous, deviating:

Origin

1590s, "out of the common or direct way," from Latin devius (“out of the way, remote, off

1590s, "out of the common or direct way," from Latin devius (“out of the way, remote, off the main road”), from de via, from de (“off”) (see de-) + via (“way, road”). Compare deviate. Originally in the Latin literal sense; the figurative sense of "deceitful" is first recorded 1630s. Related to deviously, deviousness. Figurative senses of the Latin word were "retired, sequestered, wandering in the byways, foolish, inconsistent."

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