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the devious
adjective
Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
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Moral: beware the devious, the slippery, the cunning Canadian.
The world really would be using Netscape were it not for the devious manipulations of Microsoft.
But those nasty Russians have a lot to learn from the devious ladies in the seraglio.
IT LOOKS like just another spat between Little Englanders and the devious French.
He's figured out the devious part of being a villain, but it's not enough.
In that film and its sequels, he exuded menace as the devious title character.
Will Rogers's homespun barbs humbled the devious of the early twentieth century.
However, the devious, charismatic Crassus is grooming himself to lead a Roman counter-assault.
"We did not know the nature of what was happening – the devious nature of such depravity.
So they think Clinton is like Richard the devious corporate consultant on "Survivor"?
"I am an historian" was Tamar's explanation for the devious workings of his or her mind.
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