Synonym: circuitous, oblique, roundabout, shifty. Similar words: previous, previously, obvious, envious, oblivious, obviously, impervious, lascivious. Meaning: ['diːvjəs] 
adj. 1. indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading 2. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive 3. deviating from a straight course.
adj. 1. indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading 2. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive 3. deviating from a straight course. 
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31 He is wonderfully avaricious, devious and a genius at avoiding parting with even a sou, all to great comic effect.
32 Her elastic voice easily negotiated some truly devious melodies, somehow managing to sound joyful and heartbroken at the same time.
33 You have to be pretty devious to be successful in that sort of business.
34 Their method of collecting money was devious, but not illegal.
35 And yet, underneath that veneer of stoicism there lay a devious imp.
36 The evidence would seem overwhelming that Lenin was not devious in defending Clause 9.
37 A daring and devious regicide or merely a clumsy archer?
38 Her previous stumbling attempts had taught her to be more subtle, more devious in her approach.
39 In the film, he plays a devious defence lawyer named Richard Adler.
40 If the gay gene is in the mitochondria, then a conspiracy theory springs to the devious minds of Hurst and Haig.
41 In other religions, however,(sentencedict.com/devious.html) the forces of order are more devious and underhand.
42 In my view, the lawyers in private practice are, on the whole, bright and devious.
43 Both Hayman's suggestions were too loose and half-baked for a man of his devious cunning to consider seriously for a moment.
44 To fulfil this ambition he was prepared to go to any lengths, nomatterhow underhand or devious they might be.
45 To this end he had formulated a plan of action in his devious mind.
46 Evil is devious, it is trying to turn Good against Good by making Frodo try to give the Ring away.
47 If you really want to be devious, you could spend the money on a particle accelerator.
48 His relationship with the universe becomes more subtle and devious.
49 That contorted organ, like the lump of ox meat, is devious and enclosed.
50 A more devious theory is that the whole red-mercury affair is simply a fantasy dreamt up to make Mr Rutskoi look foolish.
51 He was raucous, sentimental, hot. tempered, practical, simple, devious, big, and powerful.
52 He infuriated his allies with his arbitrary decisions and devious ways.
53 Flamboyant, mercurial creatures, they had passionate wills of their own; they exercised a devious, seductive fascination.
54 It is one of the devious ways in which we all can behave at times.
55 By devious means she tracked down the other woman.
56 There is something devious about him.
57 He followed a devious route.
58 Defeated in that, his enemies resorted to a more devious method.
59 Has the devious Beijing government been massaging the numbers, as communist planners are wont to do?
60 His success had come by devious methods , had been reached by obscure means.
More similar words: previous, previously, obvious, envious, oblivious, obviously, impervious, lascivious, deviant, deviate, devise, device, daredevil, vaudeville, saviour, devil's advocate, behaviour, rhetorical device, misbehaviour, device characteristic, pious, odious, curious, copious, dubious, anxious, noxious, tedious, vicious, various.