Devious
Devious adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Periphrastic and devious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Periphrastic" instead an adjective "Devious".
Periphrastic
Periphrastic adjective - Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
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Synonyms for Periphrastic
Devious and periphrastic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devious" instead an adjective "Periphrastic".
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Related pairs
- irregular and devious
- irregular and periphrastic
- circular and devious
- circular and periphrastic
- obscure and devious
- obscure and periphrastic
- ambiguous and devious
- ambiguous and periphrastic
- crooked and devious
- crooked and periphrastic
- wandering and devious
- wandering and periphrastic
- sinuous and devious
- sinuous and periphrastic
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