Deviousness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Departure from a regular course; wandering.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The characteristic of being
devious
;
sneakiness
;
underhandedness
.
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noun.
the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
noun.
the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
Word Usage
"Any one with a ounce of political deviousness is going to capitalize on those feelings by making the same statements as Mahoney."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
dishonesty
indirectness
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
asininity
but
cross-genre
crossness
disingenuousness