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    devious


    1. convinced that this person does not have any devious intentions, you could send your


    2. As for the kidnapper, that devious impresario, it is said that he appears briefly in cameo in every one of Archibald’s films, his pale head floating like a spectral balloon across a corner of some vast landscape, sneering and leering and mouthing the words, “I’ll get you back for this you old witch…I’ll be back…”


    3. As for the kidnapper, that devious impresario, it is said that he


    4. When Boras took the throne, it would be for a very short time; Matai planned on killing him and exposing his devious plans, thus proving his loyalty to Aura


    5. “I’m sure the wizards in there can think up much more devious plans than I ever could


    6. capable of such devious activities, but living with the woman during her own


    7. Grandpa Wellbelove had erected the marquee with Sky's help and many there felt that at last this might be the end of Knockwit's devious wins, or run of luck, depending on whom you supported


    8. In other words, if those gazillions of others are not seen as our brethren, having the same Mother, then we humans tend to misbehave ourselves in innumerable, devious, and hideous ways, wouldn’t you say?”


    9. Carius, as fun-loving and devious as her brother, was additionally quite cultured and appreciative of the scholarly and finer arts – something he had in common with Heron’s eldest sister


    10. There is a much more devious kind of fear that we are exposed to much more often than we may like, and totally more often than is necessary

    11. Behind that sometimes devious gaze, there was a persistent depth


    12. He had become something of an urban legend, one recounted by devious schoolchildren in efforts to scare one another


    13. The stories he had heard since childhood, not least of all from a devious Heron, were strange in their apparent reality


    14. She’d better keep an eye on her sister; who knew what other devious ideas were mulling around in her head?


    15. As his mind schemed, Hevel's eyes began to lite up with a devious fire


    16. In Torbin’s mind that only underlined the fact that the man was not to be trusted, that somehow he had used his devious charm to manipulate them (though privately he envied the man, especially when he told tales of his exploits with women)


    17. Events have not gone as we expected, and the resistance have both been more coordinated and much more devious than we expected


    18. We became very devious


    19. After all, what else is a father for? So they met thanks to some devious manoeuvring by Monty, fell in love and here they were in the here and now ‘When Harry Met Sally’ eat your heart out, but with a major fucking problem on their hands


    20. He was caught in a typical Irish dilemma brought on by his insatiable curiosity about anything devious and his habit of thinking things through

    21. or what does it matter! In any event, I will leave such devious constructions to more creative types


    22. In love with the most frustrating, infuriating, self-centred, devious man she had ever met


    23. It is virtually impossible to understate the amount of terrorism and devious tactics used to keep minorities from voting


    24. It was a devious device


    25. The devious ones, the forces of the archenemy had plans of their own and would likely oppose him when they saw fit


    26. He found out the manner in which I had been cheating and concocted a devious plan to break the deadlock in the game


    27. Mocteuzoma looked fierce and not at all devious


    28. We will wait for the planet to be destroyed by your armies, which I consider a most devious plan! They have no idea that it is coming because they do not consider floating rocks to be a threat


    29. “Whatever he is, he is a devious character


    30. She came over when she could to make sure Luke had not gotten himself into something devious

    31. But he is still devious


    32. “I know that, but Chuck is as devious as Frank


    33. ” I said boldly and he raised an eyebrow then rolled his eyes “Why resort to such devious means? Why not flutter your pretty blue eyes at me, I’m pretty sure that’ll be just as effective


    34. “See how devious the monsters are? They deny the existence of something as clear as the existence of spirits, and they defend that which is impossible, as is the case of time travel


    35. When I finished my intensive training to become an archangel, I realized how devious demons really were


    36. What devious manipulation! And it struck me that


    37. of adversary in a continuous battle, something that was devious


    38. Several devious plans


    39. The courts were not amused by the devious strategy


    40. At the moment his often devious mind was working overtime to come up with a plan to turn the whole affair to his advantage, but so far he’d come up with nothing

    41. "I just heard from engineering," said Calvin, adding to his devious plot, "that some of our fuel cells are tainted


    42. He had always been quick to anger yet his quick devious mind tended to intercept his fists before his brawn landed him in to deep


    43. “I can´t believe what youŕe saying,” said Trecker, “somebody set you up for theft here, that woman Miss Tik sounds devious, and I don´t recommend staying too close to police, most are corrupted


    44. They would carry out the investigation and show that Miss Tik was up to devious activities


    45. murderous ghost Setne, who’s on the loose in the world with his devious


    46. Until recently his devious agenda has been sequestered to the Plane of Chaos


    47. Gilead, the Key Mage of Coermantyr, was prepared for such a devious attack and uttered a spell of shielding


    48. An attempt to return to the previous state of order to the Helix of the Planes will incite a serious power struggle with the Harad Ghul and the devious specters who assist them


    49. It was a clever, devious act


    50. The rest of the time, Aaronson had to be devious just to find









































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    Synonyms for "devious"

    circuitous devious roundabout oblique shifty winding tortuous sly crafty dishonest underhanded foxy insidious crooked erring mistaken in error deviating

    "devious" definitions

    indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading


    characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive


    deviating from a straight course