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STRAYING |
Deviating from |
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ECCENTRIC |
Deviating from customary practice |
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ABERRANT |
Deviating from the normal |
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ANOMALOUS |
Deviating from the norm |
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ANTICHRONICAL |
Deviating from the proper order of time. |
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TORTUOUS |
Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous;
deceitful. |
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DEFLECTED |
Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course. |
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CROOKED |
Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted
from the right. |
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INSOLENT |
Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange;
unusual. |
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HETEROCLITE |
Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular;
anomalous; abnormal. |
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PARACENTRICAL |
Deviating from circularity; changing the distance
from a center. |
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HETEROCLITICAL |
Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular;
anomalous; abnormal. |
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ERRONEOUS |
Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; --
hence, irregular; unnatural. |
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ERRANT |
Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a
direct path; roving. |
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WANTON |
Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity;
lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous. |
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ABNORMAL |
Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type;
anomalous; irregular. |
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CONTINUOUS |
Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not
interrupted; not joined or articulated. |
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WRY |
Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
out of place; as, wry words. |
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SUBTYPICAL |
Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus,
or other group; slightly aberrant. |
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STRAIGHT |
Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating
from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing. |
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ERRATIC |
Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or
conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct. |
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INDIRECT |
Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a
direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. |
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MONSTROUS |
Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly
from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. |
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DIVERGENT |
Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines
radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction;
-- opposed to convergent. |
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DIGRESSION |
The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main
subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its
main design or subject. |