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Word entry · 7 letters

devious

Best crossword clue

"Sneakily indirect"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈdiː.vi.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted deiosuvStarts with DEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. deviating from a straight course

Used in a sentence

  • The wandering Arab never sets his tent Within her walls; the Shepherd eyes afar Her evil towers, and devious drives his flock.
  • We went down accordingly into the waste, and began to make our toilsome and devious travel towards the eastern verge.
  • On the second day, a sail drew near, nearer, and picked me up at last. It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan.

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