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insidious Adjective working in a subtle or apparently harmless way, but nevertheless dangerous or deadly: an insidious virus [Latin insidiae an ambush] insidiously adv
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insidious adjective stealthy, subtle, cunning, designing, smooth, tricky, crooked, sneaking, slick, sly, treacherous, deceptive, wily, crafty, artful, disingenuous, Machiavellian, deceitful, surreptitious, duplicitous, guileful << OPPOSITE straightforward Translations |
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Verily, with insidious beauty do sea and life gaze upon me round about: They were designed for winter wear, when treacherous drafts came down chimneys and insidious currents of deadly cold found their way through key-holes. The conditions fostering the growth of that supreme, alive excellence, as well in work as in play, ought to be preserved with a most careful regard lest the industry or the game should perish of an insidious and inward decay. |
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