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Definition of Deviously
1. Adverb. In a devious manner. "He got the promotion by behaving deviously"
Definition of Deviously
1. Adverb. In a devious manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deviously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deviously
Literary usage of Deviously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1900)
"He was perpetually slinking away; whenever seen he was seen moving off deviously,
his face over his shoulder, with either a mistrustful snarl or a ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"... and stretches in folds across the roads; but in deep, withdrawn hollows in
the woods the flakes at last come gently and deviously down, lodging on every ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... structural designation as VII is secure by analogy.7 While the formation of
IV from I can be rationalized, albeit deviously, in terms of a methyl shift, ..."
4. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"... and fourth, plots concerned almost invariably, and not very deviously, with
the simultaneous pursuit of wives, fortunes, and salvation. ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1878)
"The streets, as broad as any Parisian boulevard, are but partially hardened,
while the footways are so deviously paved that they offer little comfort to the ..."
6. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana (1905)
"... desire and embodies the good which they blindly and perhaps deviously pursue.
Demands could not be misdirected, goods sought could not be false, if VOL. ..."
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