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Best answers for Devious – Crossword Clue


Answer: sly


Clue Length Answer
Devious3 letterssly
  1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

Devious4 lettersside
  1. Definition: 1. a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"

Devious4 letterswily
  1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

Devious4 lettersfoxy
  1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

Devious5 lettersmealy
  1. Definition: 1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue"

Devious5 lettersstray
  1. Definition: 1. not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"

Devious5 lettersround
  1. Definition: 1. an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"

Devious5 letterssnaky
  1. Definition: 1. resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"

Devious5 lettersslick
  1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

Devious5 lettersmaids
  1. Definition: 1. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

Devious6 lettersroving
  1. Definition: 1. migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

Devious6 lettersuntrue
  1. Definition: 1. (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"

Devious6 lettersrotary
  1. Definition: 1. describing a circle; moving in a circle; "the circular motion of the wheel"

Devious6 letterszigzag
  1. Definition: 1. in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky"

Devious6 letterstricky
  1. Definition: 1. not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

Devious6 letterssneaky
  1. Definition: 1. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

Devious6 lettersspiral
  1. Definition: 1. in the shape of a coil

Devious6 letterssubtle
  1. Definition: 1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

Devious6 lettersshifty
  1. Definition: 1. changing position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"

Devious6 letterscrafty
  1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

Devious6 lettersrotten
  1. Definition: 1. very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

Devious6 lettersshrewd
  1. Definition: 1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

Devious6 letterssecret
  1. Definition: 1. something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"

Devious6 lettersremote
  1. Definition: 1. inaccessible and sparsely populated;

Devious7 lettersevasive
  1. Definition: 1. deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"

Devious7 letterssubtile

    Devious7 letterstangled
    1. Definition: 1. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"

    Devious7 lettersturning
    1. Definition: 1. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

    Devious7 letterstwisted
    1. Definition: 1. form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough"

    Devious7 lettersretired
    1. Definition: 1. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

    Devious7 lettersveering
    1. Definition: 1. shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered"

    Devious7 letterserratic
    1. Definition: 1. liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

    Devious7 lettersremoved
    1. Definition: 1. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract;

    Devious7 letterswinding

      Devious7 letterssnarled
      1. Definition: 1. make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us"

      Devious7 lettersvagrant
      1. Definition: 1. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

      Devious8 letterssidelong

        Devious8 letterssinister
        1. Definition: 1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

        Devious8 lettersslippery
        1. Definition: 1. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

        Devious8 lettersscheming
        1. Definition: 1. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"

        Devious8 letterssneaking

          Devious8 lettersshifting
          1. Definition: 1. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"

          Devious8 lettersrambling
          1. Definition: 1. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

          Devious8 letterspathless

            Devious8 lettersswerving

              Devious8 letterstortuous
              1. Definition: 1. not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"

              Devious8 lettersunsavory

                Devious8 letterstwisting
                1. Definition: 1.

                Devious8 lettersindirect
                1. Definition: 1. not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"

                Devious9 letterstrackless

                  Devious9 lettersuntracked

                    Devious9 lettersshameless
                    1. Definition: 1. feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism"

                    Devious9 lettersdistorted

                      Devious9 lettersunethical
                      1. Definition: 1. not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior; "unethical business practices"

                      Devious9 lettersunderhand
                      1. Definition: 1. with the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball underarm"

                      Devious9 letterswandering
                      1. Definition: 1. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

                      Devious9 lettersirregular
                      1. Definition: 1. not occurring at expected times

                      Devious9 lettersambagious

                        Devious9 letterssinistral
                        1. Definition: 1. of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost"

                        Devious10 lettersundirected

                          Devious10 lettersroundabout
                          1. Definition: 1. deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

                          Devious10 letterscircuitous

                            Devious10 letterssuspicious

                              Devious10 lettersserpentine
                              1. Definition: 1. resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"

                              Devious11 lettersunderhanded
                              1. Definition: 1. marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

                              Devious12 lettersquestionable
                              1. Definition: 1. able to be refuted

                              Devious12 lettersunscrupulous
                              1. Definition: 1. without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

                              Devious12 lettersunprincipled

                                Devious14 lettersunconscionable

                                  Devious15 lettersunconscientious


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