devious
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: dishonest, crafty
Synonyms:
artful
calculating
crooked
deceitful
double-dealing
duplicitous
errant
erring
evasive
faking one out
fishy
foxy
fraudulent
guileful
indirect
insidious
insincere
not straightforward
oblique
obliquitous
playing games
playing politics
put on
roundabout
scheming
shady
shifty
shrewd
sly
sneaking
sneaky
surreptitious
treacherous
tricky
underhanded
wily
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: crooked indirect
Synonyms:
ambiguous
bending
circuitous
confounding
confusing
curving
detouring
deviating
digressing
digressory
diverting
errant
erratic
excursive
flexuous
misleading
obscure
out-of-theway
rambling
remote
removed
roundabout
serpentine
straying
tortuous
twisting
wandering
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