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English to Bangla Meaning of devious - আঁকাবাঁকা


ঘোরানো, অনিয়মিত, ভ্রান্তিময়

devious

Adjective

আঁকাবাঁকা, সর্পিল, ঘুর, প্রতারণাপূর্ণ, সুদূর্স্থিত, পথবহির্ভূত, সিধার বিপরীত, ভ্রান্তিশীল, ঘোরান


Definitions of devious in English

adjective

(1) Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading.

(2) Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive.

(3) Deviating from a straight course.

(4) Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way.

(5) Misleading.

(6) Characterized by insincerity or deceit.

(7) Evasive.

(8) Dishonest.

(9) Crafty.

(10) Crooked; indirect.

Examples of devious in English

(1) That is the sort of devious , dodgy tactic this Government gets up to.

(2) This results in a personality which is cunning and devious , and refuses to grow up and take responsibility for itself.

(3) Cunning and devious , his story is not only poignant; it also makes for great entertainment!

(4) Thomas Jefferson was a tough, devious politician who viewed the states as supreme.

(5) For bridge, all you need is a playing partner, a pair of opponents, a set of cards - and a capacity for wicked, devious cunning.

(6) What is difficult about maneuver is to make the devious route the most direct and to turn misfortune to advantage.

(7) They are duplicitous and devious , always posing, not wishing or able to be authentic.

(8) The Nazis saw the Jews and Poles as feminine races, achieving their goals through devious plots rather than masculine openness.

(9) Never before has a devious little plan backfired so badly.

(10) These rules may seem stringent but lightning is a tricky, devious phenomenon.

(11) It just means that it's necessary to divorce what was said from the devious and somewhat desperate politician who was saying it.

(12) It always seems to me a kind of spiteful and devious and underhanded sort of job.

(13) They are little better than the smarmy, devious , dishonest and selfish Europeans.

(14) Instead of her being devious , duplicitous, and incompetent, perhaps she could answer the question.

(15) It would also, in a case like the present one, be to reward conduct which at best was devious and at worst deceitful.

(16) Sometimes it is necessary to adopt devious tactics to expose bullies and cheats.

(17) It can only be the devious and underhand tactic of incorporating it in 90% of the world's web browsers.

(18) They can be cunning and devious , but overall goblins are not very intelligent creatures.

(19) The Scire made her way by a devious route to Port Lago on the Italian-occupied island of Leros in the Aegean to rendezvous with the frogmen crews.

(20) The police continue to be secretive, devious and opaque - precisely when they ought to be transparent.

synonyms of devious

underhanded

circuitous

oblique

roundabout

shifty

Antonyms of devious

artless

ingenuous

innocent

Artless

Frank

Honest

Open

Straightforward

Trustworthy

Truthful

Direct

Straight

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