Antonyms for more devious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dee-vee-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdi vi əs

Definition of more devious

Origin : 1590s, "out of the way," from Latin devius "out of the way, remote, off the main road," from de via (see deviate). Originally in the Latin literal sense; figurative sense of "deceitful" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Deviously; deviousness. Figurative senses of the Latin word were "retired, sequestered, wandering in the byways, foolish, inconsistent."

adj dishonest, crafty
adj crooked; indirect

Example sentences :

Defeated in that, his enemies resorted to a more devious method; they began to lop away his friends.
Extract from : « The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind » by Herbert George Wells

I wouldn't want you to think that Psi's are more devious or Machiavellian than normals, but sometimes they act it.
Extract from : « The Right Time » by Walter Bupp

Indeed the professionally downright man is often more devious than the tactful person.
Extract from : « The Unpopular Review Vol. I » by Various

Moved by projects deeper and more devious than ours, the Dutchman made haste to cover up what seemed to have been an overshot.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story » by Various

But fifteen miles would do it, if the more devious path had to be taken.
Extract from : « The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter » by Henry Hawkes Spink Jr.

Such subtlety as he possessed had been acquired through contact with the more devious races.
Extract from : « Jewels of Gwahlur » by Robert E. Howard

The original road, too, adopted in imperial times a more devious but easier route by Aeclanum instead of by Trevicum.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 » by Various

Synonyms for more devious

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