[syn: crookedness, deviousness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deviousness
n 1: the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly [syn:
deviousness, obliqueness]
2: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn:
crookedness, deviousness]