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DEVIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deviousness mean?
• DEVIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun DEVIOUSNESS has 2 senses:
1. the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
2. the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
Familiarity information: DEVIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
deviousness; obliqueness
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being deceitful and underhanded
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
crookedness; deviousness
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)
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