Another word for indirection

Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action

• chicanery

  1. (Countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.
  2. Deception by trickery or sophistry.
  3. The use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings

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  1. (Countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.
  2. Deception by trickery or sophistry.
  3. The use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings

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• craft

  1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
  2. Any of various hobbies in which things are made by hand, including painting, origami, scrapbooking, etc.
  3. Any occupation or avocation requiring special skills, especially manual ones, including carpentry, sewing, pottery, etc.

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  1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
  2. Any of various hobbies in which things are made by hand, including painting, origami, scrapbooking, etc.
  3. Any occupation or avocation requiring special skills, especially manual ones, including carpentry, sewing, pottery, etc.

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• craftiness

  1. Skill in deception, slyness

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  1. Skill in deception, slyness

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• deviousness

  1. The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.

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  1. The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.

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• dishonesty

  1. The quality of being dishonest; dishonest behavior; deceiving, stealing, etc.
  2. (Uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
  3. A dishonest act or statement; fraud, lie, etc.

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  1. The quality of being dishonest; dishonest behavior; deceiving, stealing, etc.
  2. (Uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
  3. A dishonest act or statement; fraud, lie, etc.

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• shadiness

  1. The property of being shady.
  2. A shady state or quality

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  1. The property of being shady.
  2. A shady state or quality

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• shiftiness

  1. (Uncountable) The property of being shifty.
  2. (Countable, rare) The result or product of being shifty.

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  1. (Uncountable) The property of being shifty.
  2. (Countable, rare) The result or product of being shifty.

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• slyness

  1. (Countable) The result or product of being sly.
  2. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being being sly.

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  1. (Countable) The result or product of being sly.
  2. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being being sly.

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• sneakiness

  1. The state or quality of being sneaky.

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  1. The state or quality of being sneaky.

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• trickery

  1. The practice or use of tricks; deception by stratagem.

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  1. The practice or use of tricks; deception by stratagem.

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• trickiness

  1. The quality of being tricky.

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  1. The quality of being tricky.

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• underhandedness

  1. The characteristic of being underhanded.

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  1. The characteristic of being underhanded.

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