deviously
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7.6
- adverb
- /ˈdiːviəsli/
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- It is deviously manipulated by old world European sophisticates.
- deviously clever
Examples
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The first full-length, Send It Across to Me, is a deviously catchy album, with simple musical ideas that kaleidoscopically expand in front of your ears.
Blog text (7) -
And, and I hate the fact that Trump and his people are deviously clever enough to put people in the back foot.
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How deviously you have arrived at what you wanted to say.
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Damn, Glendenning, that was deviously cunning of you.
Blog text (18) -
It is as if they feel an attack against Obama is not any good unless it deviously twists facts.
Blog text (29) -
Marianne’s pretty face brightens with the sweet realization that she can indeed think just as deviously as Bobby after all.
Fiction book (1999) -
Here's the rub, though: There Will Be Blood establishes its central character, Daniel Plainview, as a deviously unscrupulous and manipulative sociopath, a tycoon-crackpot obsessed with oil and money at the expense of everything else within its opening 40 minutes.
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The cunning fox deviously stole the farmer's chickens without being noticed.
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She deviously manipulated her coworkers to take credit for the project.
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He always finds deviously clever ways to avoid the rules.
Synonyms
16
5.7
In a way that makes something seem different from what it really is
9
7.8
In a secret way so other people do not know
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6.1
In a secret, clever way so others do not notice
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6.5
In a clever and dishonest way to trick people
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6.7
In a clever way to trick or deceive someone
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3.5
In a way that tries to trick or cheat other people
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4.9
In a secret way so other people do not notice
2
7.1
In a dishonest way to get money or power
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6.5
To use clever tricks to get what you want without telling the truth
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6.3
In a way that tries to trick someone
In a secret, dishonest way to get an unfair advantage
In a clever, tricky way to get what you want
In a secret or clever way to make other people do what you want
In a clever way that tries to fool someone
In a way that makes people believe something that is not true
In a dishonest way to get money or power
Antonyms
How Devious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deviously comes from Latin parts de- 'away' and via 'way'. It once meant 'off the direct way', like taking a side road instead of the main road. That's why to act deviously is to be indirect or secretly clever to get what you want.