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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

devius

;

via

way. See

Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness;

as, a

devious

path or way

–

De′vi-ous-ly

adv.

–

De′vi-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L., way.]

Out of the common way or track; as a devious course.

Wandering; roving; rambling.

To bless the wildly devious morning walk.

Erring; going astray from rectitude or the divine precepts.

One devious step at first may lead into a course of habitual vice.