deviously
- a word derived from devious.
Example Sentences
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Even more deviously, some Vegas properties force customers to pay a premium to access friendlier rules.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
Is Cherry deviously trying to push Laura aside for better access to Daniel, or is Laura paranoid and overbearing?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
Shadow of the Erdtree, an expansion to the commercially successful, critically adored and deviously demanding action role-playing game Elden Ring, wants to know whose faith matters.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024
Halle as Ariel, of course, Melissa McCarthy as the deviously manipulating Ursula, Jonah Hauer-King as the charming Prince Eric, Daveed Diggs as the annoyingly lovable crustation Sebastian and Javier Bardem as the ever-so-powerful King Triton.
From Salon • May 31, 2023
A prying charm will be met with a stronger charm, subtle devices will fail, devious inquiries will be deviously thwarted, and force will be turned ruinously back upon itself.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
