Meaning & use
devious
Behaving in a dishonest, deceitful, or indirect way to achieve a goal.
See it in a sentence
The devious salesman hid the car's mechanical problems from every buyer.
She came up with a devious plan to find out who had eaten her lunch.
A note on using this word
Devious can describe genuinely dishonest behavior or, more playfully, a clever scheme, depending on tone.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
honeststraightforward
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