📚 adj • entry_id 32849
devious
/ˈdiː.vi.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
artero • desvioso • engañoso • enrevesado • marrullero • taimado
Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
desvioso • sinuoso • tortuoso
Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.
Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, un…
The wandering Arab never sets his tent Within her walls; the Shepherd eyes afar Her evil towers, and devious drives his flock.
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