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Noun: deviousness  dee-vee-us-nus
  1. The quality of being deceitful and underhanded
    "His deviousness in manipulating others for personal gain was widely known";
    - crookedness
     
  2. The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
    "The politician's deviousness in answering questions frustrated journalists";
    - obliqueness

Type of: dishonesty, indirectness