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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly;
[syn: deviousness, obliqueness]

2. the quality of being deceitful and underhanded;
[syn: crookedness, deviousness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Devious \De"vi*ous\, a. [L. devius; de + via way. See Viaduct.] 1. Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way. [1913 Webster] 2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step. Syn: Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- De"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- De"vi*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deviousness n 1: the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly [syn: deviousness, obliqueness] 2: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn: crookedness, deviousness]