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Значения термина deviousness на английском

каталонский
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The quality of being deceitful and underhanded.

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The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly.

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Examples for "obliqueness"
Examples for "obliqueness"
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He looked at her with gloomy obliqueness.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
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Alas, the obliqueness of the gibe meant that Europeans simply did not comprenday...
The new yorker
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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...
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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
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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)
Использование термина deviousness на английском
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But all politics is hypocrisy, an edifice of pretence, insincerity and deviousness.
The Guardian
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The CIA was impressed with my cleverness, my deviousness, and particularly my ruthlessness.
The President's Assassin
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You are an aggressive, unbalanced race, and capable of amazing deviousness.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me
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I am quite aware of my inborn tendency for deviousness.
Layover in dubai
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Rabban's much younger brother Feyd, though only fourteen, showed a greater deviousness and wit.
Paul of dune
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But we should never underestimate the deviousness of the Separatists.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
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Their incapacity for a little common deviousness from time to necessary time was quite bewildering.
Dante's numbers
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Nothing in his background suggests this level of deviousness.
The President's Assassin
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Without hesitation he attacked when any sign of deviousness, confusion, or simple lack of clarity surfaced.
The Tarn of Eternity
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Anne was also amused to observe that O'Byrne, with a kindly deviousness, was letting Maurice win.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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There's a deviousness to her, an inherent .
The darkest touch
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Moticker stood up and for the first time I could see a con's deviousness in his face.
A visible darkness
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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
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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...
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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...
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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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каталонский
tortuositat
Deviousness через время