deviously

1. 1.

   in a devious manner

   “he got the promotion by behaving deviously”

Questions about deviously

What does deviously mean?

deviously means "in a devious manner".

How many syllables are in deviously?

deviously has 4 syllables and divides as de-vi-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is deviously a common word?

deviously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.