All 3 Uses of
devious
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Without devious reasoning or complicated emotional processes, the boy became Katie's whole world.†
Chpt 10 *
- She feared them for their devious ways, she mistrusted their instincts.†
Chpt 30
- She had walked straight through McGarrity's front door disdaining the deviousness of the side door marked "Ladies' Entrance.†
Chpt 38deviousness = deceit (not honest and straightforward) -- often in a complicated, clever manner
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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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, devious can mean indirect (often circuitous) as in: "We took a scenic but devious route."