when you are acting deviously
He deviously hid the remote control.They always did things deviously.
Deviously, mischieviously, tediously
Both
No, devious is an adjective. The adverb form is deviously (in a scheming manner).
To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously, or to move, operate, or control by the hands
A political ploy is something done by a political party or individual calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously.
Examine the period of Leonardo's life when he returns to Florence as an old man (50 years old-given the times!) He came into conflict with Michelangelo which culminated in a painting competition between the two (deviously arranged by the Florentine government.)
Athens deviously converted the Delian League formed to fight the Persian Empire into an empire of its own. The Athenian Empire then came into conflict with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, ending in the disastrous 27-year Peloponnesian War, at the end of which Athens was stripped of its empire.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern --V--U--Y. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter V and 6th letter U and 9th letter Y. In alphabetical order, they are: deviously enviously obviously
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern DE---U--Y. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter D and 2nd letter E and 6th letter U and 9th letter Y. In alphabetical order, they are: deviously
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern --V-OUS--. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter V and 5th letter O and 6th letter U and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: deviously enviously obviously
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 11 words with the pattern D-V----L-. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter D and 3rd letter V and 8th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are: deverbals deviously devisable devotedly diversely dividable dividedly divinable divisible divisibly dovetails