- 1behaving in a dishonest or indirect way, or tricking people, in order to get something synonym deceitful, underhand a devious politician He got rich by devious means.
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- 2devious route/path a route or path that is not straight but has many changes in direction; not direct a devious route from the airport
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noun [uncountable]See devious in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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