'Deviousness' definitions:
Definition of 'deviousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly [syn: deviousness, obliqueness]
noun
The quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn: crookedness, deviousness]
Definition of 'Deviousness'
From: GCIDE
- Devious \De"vi*ous\, a. [L. devius; de + via way. See Viaduct.]
- 1. Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.
- Syn: Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- {De"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {De"vi*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]