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• s  indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
  used devious means to achieve success
• s  characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
  a devious character
• s  deviating from a straight course
  a scenic but devious route

• A movie so human you'll want to argue with it, spank it, take it home or give it some Xanax, Synecdoche is the richest, most devious I'll cut to the chase and say best live .
• Kim Jong Il is scheming to exploit Gulf War II for his own devious purposes The Sunshine Policy A Very Expensive Affair Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?.
• In defiance, she stands in front of the devious monster exactly where she wants to be: next to her husband.

• oblique
• shifty
• circuitous
• roundabout

News & Articles

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• The Biggest Threat to Cyber Security--Your CEO
  Preventing cyberattacks might be as simple as keeping an eye on the C-suite. The biggest threat to your company's cyber security aren't foreign hackers or devious geeks holed up in their apartments. It's your CEO, writes Rohyt Belani, CEO of PhishMe, a Virginia-based security company, in The Harvard Business Review . For one thing, their high-profile positions make it easy for hackers to dig up ...
  June 14, 2013 - Inc Magazine
• Cable Show 2013: Showrunners Praise Advantages of Working inCable
  Devious Maids' Marc Cherry calls taking risks the 'safest thingyou can do' as a...
  June 12, 2013 - Broadcasting and Cable
• 'Devious Maids,' Cartoon Network, UP Network: Press Kit Theater, June 11, 2013
  'Devious Maids,' Cartoon Network, UP Network. It's another episode of Press Kit Theater! Tap the Yap!
  June 11, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Quotes

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• Edward Kennedy in CBS News
  It's a devious maneuver that evades the constitutional requirement of Senate consent and only further darkens the cloud over Mr. Bolton's credibility at the UN,Kennedy said.
• Robbie Williams in Tonight
  Robbie wrote: "I trust you less than ever now. You have completely blown any trust I had for you by being a devious c***. If I knew my girlfriend had been on a dinner and DVD night with another man I would be livid. I'm furious thinking about...
• Katie Price in Mirror.co.uk
  Katie, 30, added: "I suppose it's flattering but it's obvious she's got a game plan and is being pretty devious. I don't like her. What next? A glossy magazine shoot and her own range of clothing? It's so predictable."