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Meanings of more devious in English

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Usage of more devious in English
1
Bronso is a far more devious man than Beast Rabban, and much more elusive.
The Winds of Dune
2
He is angry at the queen because she is more devious than he is.
All together dead
3
But what was really happening was far more devious.
Ebony
4
His movements, more devious than usual, capture PATSY's interest.
Once upon a time in America
5
The arrangements I mean were more devious than that.
The penelopiad
6
The big man was a lot more devious than his size or his bluffness suggested.
Cities in Flight
7
Marshall thought that Stalin was a little more devious than mysterious but held his tongue.
Red inferno: 1945
8
When he didn't find the loot, he embarked on a more devious, and foolish, course.
Crucifixion river
9
Maybe Apple is more devious than I thought!
Wired
10
Others, it seemed to Master, were more devious.
New york: the novel
11
What author could invent a more devious drug?
Wicked plants
12
But I submit that there is another factor that is deeper and much more devious than that.
Ebony
13
So a more devious route was charted.
The Great Book of Amber
14
He would have to try other methods first, defusing this matter in some more devious and effective manner.
For Love Of Evil
15
Language has not been reared to correspond to this structure, but has grown on a more devious pattern.
The Tyranny Of Words
16
Rook, this is even more devious.
Heat Rises
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