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Meanings of deviousness in anglès

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tortuositat

The quality of being deceitful and underhanded.

        tortuositat

        The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly.

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              Examples for "obliqueness"
              Examples for "obliqueness"
              1
              He looked at her with gloomy obliqueness.
              The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
              2
              Alas, the obliqueness of the gibe meant that Europeans simply did not comprenday...
              The new yorker
              3
              So much so, in fact, that many postings to Zardoz were fine examples of the art of obliqueness.
              Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
              4
              Eyes, piercing and black and large, with a traditionary hint of obliqueness, looked forth from under clear-stencilled, clean-arching brows.
              The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
              5
              They were long, true, but set squarely, and with just the slightest hint of obliqueness that was all for piquancy.
              The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
              Usage of deviousness in anglès
              1
              But all politics is hypocrisy, an edifice of pretence, insincerity and deviousness.
              The Guardian
              2
              The CIA was impressed with my cleverness, my deviousness, and particularly my ruthlessness.
              The President's Assassin
              3
              You are an aggressive, unbalanced race, and capable of amazing deviousness.
              The Robot Who Looked Like Me
              4
              I am quite aware of my inborn tendency for deviousness.
              Layover in dubai
              5
              Rabban's much younger brother Feyd, though only fourteen, showed a greater deviousness and wit.
              Paul of dune
              6
              But we should never underestimate the deviousness of the Separatists.
              Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
              7
              Their incapacity for a little common deviousness from time to necessary time was quite bewildering.
              Dante's numbers
              8
              Nothing in his background suggests this level of deviousness.
              The President's Assassin
              9
              Without hesitation he attacked when any sign of deviousness, confusion, or simple lack of clarity surfaced.
              The Tarn of Eternity
              10
              Anne was also amused to observe that O'Byrne, with a kindly deviousness, was letting Maurice win.
              The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
              11
              There's a deviousness to her, an inherent .
              The darkest touch
              12
              Moticker stood up and for the first time I could see a con's deviousness in his face.
              A visible darkness
              13
              Allen was genial in the extreme, with twinkling eyes, a belly laugh, and an almost impish deviousness.
              Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
              14
              From that point on I was a changed person, a new specialist in low cunning, deviousness, and subterfuge.
              A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll...
              15
              But the deviousness and aberration of our human faculties frequently amount to something considerably more serious than this.
              Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Inter...
              16
              They were slow, they were thorough; none of the slapdash arrogance and sudden deviousness that marked Karhidish officialdom.
              The Left Hand of Darkness
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