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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : verb dee-vee-eyt; adjective, noun dee-vee-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈdi viˌeɪt; adjective, noun ˈdi vi ɪt |
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Définition of deviating
Origin :- 1630s, from Late Latin deviatus, past participle of deviare "to turn out of the way" (see deviant). Related: Deviated; deviating. The noun meaning "sexual pervert" is attested from 1912.
- adj divergent
- It serves me right for deviating from the rules of business.
- Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
- That does not matter; she will help you, I dare say, by deviating a little from the exact truth.
- Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
- Deviating from the natural condition, course, or rule; as, an abnormal appetite.
- Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
- One of the greatest of these dangers lies in deviating from custom.
- Extract from : « Godolphin, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- So we jogged along, now and then deviating to double the fallen timber.
- Extract from : « Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 » by Maria R. Audubon
- Still, you see, I could gain nothing by deviating from the truth now.
- Extract from : « The Impostor » by Harold Bindloss
- Excuse me,” I said, “for deviating a moment from the matter in hand, but have you a hat-pin?
- Extract from : « A Rebellious Heroine » by John Kendrick Bangs
- But I am deviating, and I perceive that you are wishing to make some further inquiry.
- Extract from : « The Red Moccasins » by Morrison Heady
- But I am deviating and bearing rather too near upon the unpardonable.
- Extract from : « The Red Moccasins » by Morrison Heady
- You owed your greatness to it, and your deviating from it was the real cause of your death.
- Extract from : « Dialogues of the Dead » by Lord Lyttelton
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