Deviousness
Deviousness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
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Synonyms for Deviousness
Ploy and deviousness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Deviousness".
Ploy
Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Ploy
Deviousness and ploy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deviousness" instead a noun "Ploy".
Nearby Word: ployed
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Related pairs
- deception and deviousness
- deception and ploy
- stratagem and deviousness
- stratagem and ploy
- intrigue and deviousness
- intrigue and ploy
- maneuver and deviousness
- maneuver and ploy
- machination and deviousness
- machination and ploy
- ruse and deviousness
- ruse and ploy
- artifice and deviousness
- artifice and ploy
Both words in one sentence
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And possessed of both sufficient impulsiveness and deviousness to always keep you guessing whether he's pulling an Indy Ploy or just good at the old Xanatos Speed Chess.
Source: Chaotic Evil
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