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slightly(dictionary)
Slightly sweet Bengal gram lentil curry(recipes)

devious (iou) and slightly (iou)


devious (iou)



devious adjective & adverb. L16.
[from Latin devius, from de- DE- 1 + via way: see -OUS.]
A. adjective.
Lying out of the way; remote, sequestered. Now rare. L16.
E. K. Kane These devious and untrodden ice-fields.
Pursuing an indirect or winding course; circuitous, rambling; deviating from the straight way, erring; subtly cunning, wily, unscrupulous, dishonest. E17.
J. R. Lowell A shoal of devious minnows wheel from where a pike Lurks balanced. C. V. Wedgwood To evade them they had travelled..by devious ways, thus greatly lengthening the journey. W. Golding I should..have to be subtle, devious, diplomatic. P. Larkin The devious ways of practical Politics.
b. adverb. With an indirect or winding course, circuitously. Now rare. L18.
C. Bront? I sought the Continent, and went devious through all its lands.
deviously adverb M18.
deviousness noun E18.

slightly (iou)



slightly adverb. E16.
[from SLIGHT adjective + -LY2.]
Slimly, slenderly; flimsily, unsubstantially. E16.
Carelessly; lightly; half-heartedly, indifferently. M16.
With little respect or ceremony; slightingly. Now rare. M16.
In a slight or small degree; to a slight extent; hardly perceptibly. L16.