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be devious
adjective
Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
Exact(28)
Sessions could be devious as well as stormy".
Mr. Mubarak laughed wryly: "No, no, he turned out to be devious".
"However... you used this to be devious, manipulative and a bully," he said.
For that reason, using Bcc can be devious in the workplace.
But if officials came to depend on him, they also learnt that he could be devious, ruthless and manipulative.
"Boarding school taught me how to be devious, and I became a bad girl really quickly," she said.
Similar(32)
"Cancers are devious beasts.
Beatrice's plan is devious.
I think they're devious".
The temptress must have been devious.
It is Devious, not Sense.
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