Deviousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Devious \De"vi*ous\, a. [L. devius; de + via way. See
     {Viaduct}.]
     1. Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness;
        as, a devious path or way.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray;
        erring; wandering; as, a devious step.
  
     Syn: Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- {De"vi*ous*ly},
          adv. -- {De"vi*ous*ness}, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deviousness
       n 1: the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly [syn: {obliqueness}]
       2: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn: {crookedness}]