devious

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• /ˈdiː.vi.əs/
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1590s, "out of the common or direct way," from Latin devius (“out of the way, remote, off the main road”), from de via, from de (“off”) (see de-) + via (“way, road”). Compare deviate. Originally in the Latin literal sense; the figurative sense of "deceitful" is first recorded 1630s. Related to deviously, deviousness. Figurative senses of the Latin word were "retired, sequestered, wandering in the byways, foolish, inconsistent."

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нече́стен (nečésten) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Bulgarian: неи́скрен (neískren) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Czech: záludný — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Czech: nečestný — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Czech: prohnaný — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Dutch: heimelijk — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Dutch: onoprecht — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Dutch: kronkelend — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Esperanto: ruza — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Esperanto: trompema — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Esperanto: firuza — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Finnish: kiero — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Finnish: katala — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Finnish: petollinen — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• French: rusé — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• French: roublard — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• French: sournois — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• German: heimtückisch — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• German: hinterrücks — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• German: unaufrichtig — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• German: verschlagen — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• German: durchtrieben — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• German: hinterhältig — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• German: doppelzüngig — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• German: link — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Hebrew: עַרְמוּמִי — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Interlingua: insidiose — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Russian: кова́рный (kovárnyj) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Russian: нече́стный (nečéstnyj) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Russian: неи́скренний (neískrennij) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Russian: хи́трый (xítryj) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Spanish: artero — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Spanish: taimado — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Spanish: engañoso — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Spanish: marrullero — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Spanish: enrevesado — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Spanish: desvioso — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Swedish: lömsk — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Turkish: sinsi — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Ukrainian: хитрий (xytryj) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Ukrainian: підступний (pidstupnyj) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Yiddish: כיטרע (khitre) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Yiddish: ממזריש (mamzerish) — cunning or deceiving, not straightforward
• Bulgarian: око́лен (okólen) — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Bulgarian: лъкату́шен (lǎkatúšen) — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Bulgarian: непря́к (neprják) — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Czech: křivolaký — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Czech: klikatý — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Finnish: epäsuora — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Finnish: kiertävä — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Finnish: kiertelevä — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• German: abwegig — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• German: indirekt — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• German: krumm — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• German: gewunden — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Russian: око́льный (okólʹnyj) — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Russian: непрямо́й (neprjamój) — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Spanish: tortuoso — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Spanish: sinuoso — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Spanish: desvioso — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Ukrainian: непрямий (neprjamyj) — roundabout, circuitous, deviating
• Ukrainian: звивистий (zvyvystyj) — roundabout, circuitous, deviating