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devious
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The Horse Whisperer
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- The Friday-night crawl of traffic invariably made her crabby and impatient and she would compensate by taking charge, telling Robert, Grace's father, to slow down or speed up or take some devious route to avoid delays.†
Chpt 1 *
- And though what had happened was clearly more than a tumble, Grace had come to suspect Annie was playing some devious double-bluff, agreeing with Grace's decision only in order to prompt the opposite.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(devious as in: a devious plan) deceitful (not honest and straightforward) -- often in a complicated, clever manner
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, devious can mean indirect (often circuitous) as in: "We took a scenic but devious route."