All 8 Uses of
devious
in
The Killer Angels
- One would not think of General Lee, now that one has met him, now that one has looked him, so to speak, in the eye, as it were, one would not think him, you known to be such a devious man.†
Chpt 2.5
- Devious?†
Chpt 2.5
- Devious?†
Chpt 2.5
- Devious.†
Chpt 2.5
- Why, Colonel, bless your soul, there aint a devious bone in Robert Lee's body, don't you know that?†
Chpt 2.5
- By damn, man, if there is one human being in the world less devious than Robert Lee, I aint yet met him.
Chpt 2.5 *devious = tricky (deceitful in a complicated, clever manner)
- Devious?†
Chpt 2.5
- He thought: devious Lee.†
Chpt 2.5
Definition:
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(devious as in: a devious plan) deceitful (not honest and straightforward) -- often in a complicated, clever manner