He got the promotion by behaving deviously. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a devious course. ,a devious current. ,a devious procedure. ,a devious scheme to acquire wealth. From Dictionary.com.
The way ran deviously through a maze of buildings. From Wordnik.com. [When the Sleeper Wakes] Reference
Friends of Palestine, which they deviously hid behind. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
This time, it seemed, he would go about it more deviously. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
"But this seems even more deviously obscure than his usual.". From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
I'm not saying they really thought it through that deviously. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary-Backing Union Chief Hits Obama Over Canadian NAFTA Story] Reference
Surely something less deviously euphemistic would work better. From Wordnik.com. [An Environmentalist's Thesaurus] Reference
Now, it is possible that Straight was deviously maligning Wodehouse. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
Sarah is a female George, only difference is she is deviously smart. From Wordnik.com. [David Frum: Palin "Makes Barack Obama Look Like George C. Marshall"] Reference
Who knew how deviously they might manipulate the reality around them?. From Wordnik.com. [Enchantment]
Tense courtroom drama, plenty of action, and a deviously twisted plot. From Wordnik.com. [The Attorney: Summary and book reviews of The Attorney by Steve Martini.] Reference
The other kind has deviously evil ideas, and lies to make them look good. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Former Bush Treasury Secretary Describes Eric Cantor As A Policy Dunce] Reference
The path ahead glowed ever so faintly, winding deviously through the jungle. From Wordnik.com. [Question Quest]
The human mind was deviously ambivalent, when it wanted to defeat its enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
To reach the restaurant, for which they were deviously steering, was the first relief. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Box] Reference
Yet the Demoness Metria was trying to prevent him from delivering them, sometimes quite deviously. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
He has told so many lies and acted so deviously that, I for one, just turn off the TV when he speaks!. From Wordnik.com. [White House ramps up health care messaging] Reference
This was very limited but deviously powerful magic, for it enabled her to correct a just-made mistake. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
Could she be deviously encouraging people to look at the picture and further drive down Obama's support?. From Wordnik.com. [Palin calls news org 'heartless and selfish'] Reference
Before he could figure out what was up, Lauren gave him a deviously innocent smile and extended her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Sully's Kids]
But of course that was the nature of these special islands: They were only deviously related to mainland Xanth. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
Shortly after 8 pm, Yankovic walks to the front of the stage, accordion in hand and one eyebrow raised deviously. From Wordnik.com. [Weird Al: Forefather of the YouTube Spoof] Reference
Sean was Dad's son, and David was Mom's son, which led to certain deviously competitive crosscurrents between them. From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
Making a corporation a legal person deviously puts property rights on equal footing with rights of real persons. From Wordnik.com. [What if the Democrats Continue to Fail and America Falls?] Reference
Cleland's novel, in other words, is self-conscious about its effect and, as I shall argue, deviously satiric as well. From Wordnik.com. [How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision] Reference
Clinton didn't deviously align the words Saddam, 9/11, and terrorists, in the same sentence during addresses to the public. From Wordnik.com. [Quote Of The Day] Reference
So, La Roux take the bravado angle and song after song after song, they back up the confidence with deviously pointed hooks. From Wordnik.com. [fourfour:] Reference
He had never been exposed to a sustained challenge of this magnitude before, where even his talent could help him only deviously. From Wordnik.com. [Falcon Street] Reference
It's our PM doing what he does best - deviously shifting the economic narrative to suit his agenda - and doing it with great aplomb. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
He learned of the use of cobalt bombs by both the Russians and the Chinese; that news came deviously from Australia, relayed from Kenya. From Wordnik.com. [On The Beach]
How many people may there be in London, who, if we had brought them deviously and blindfold, to this street, fifty paces from the Station. From Wordnik.com. [Reprinted Pieces] Reference
The amazingly productive e-democracy hackers at mySociety. org have rolled out their latest deviously simple web service, GroupsNearYou. com. From Wordnik.com. [How to Find Local Email Lists of Interest: GroupsNearYou.com Launches] Reference
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