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DEVIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being deceitful and underhanded
Synonyms:
crookedness; deviousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deviousness" is a kind of...):
dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)
Derivation:
devious (indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading)
devious (characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
Synonyms:
deviousness; obliqueness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deviousness" is a kind of...):
indirectness (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)
Derivation:
devious (deviating from a straight course)
