Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a devious manner.
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- adverb In a
devious manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a devious manner
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Examples
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Mystery-solving readers will ignore the European words ..... giggle over Fletcher's disguise and grin deviously when the cast of suspects line up on stage for the grand inquisition.
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But it's when they outfit the whole thing, put on a garage and decks, and then 'deviously' never bill bill me for any of it when I really get mad!
Blogging Change 2008
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But it's when they outfit the whole thing, put on a garage and decks, and then 'deviously' never bill bill me for any of it when I really get mad!
Blogging Change 2008
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The Hermann Plan could be a Nazi plant deviously designed to split the alliance.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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If you want that, I'll have you talk to Gretta downstairs, she said, grinning deviously.
Iondo Meets Bloody Beth Thomas Martin 2011
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Even more deviously, the Environmental Protection Agency EPA is attempting to turn drilling into a pawn in the scientifically controversial, economically toxic global-warming crusade.
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Sunstein is deviously planning the end of meat eating by all folks, and will start by trying to ban the taking of fur, fish and game.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The Hermann Plan could be a Nazi plant deviously designed to split the alliance.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Sunstein is deviously planning the end of meat eating by all folks, and will start by trying to ban the taking of fur, fish and game.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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This policy was deviously lucrative for the company.
May You Live in Interesting Times JP Reese 2011
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