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Definition
deceitful (not honest and straightforward) — often in a complicated, clever manner
- Here the road, gleaming faintly, passed over the stream in the midst of the valley, and went on, winding deviously up towards the city's gate: a black mouth opening in the outer circle of the northward walls.4.8 — Book 4 Chapter 8 — The Stairs of Cirith Ungol (7% in)
There are no more uses of "devious" in The Two Towers.
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