duplicitous
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another - "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill - a double-dealing double agent - "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray • Syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued • Similar to: dishonest, dishonorable • Derivationally related forms: duplicity, double-dealing (for: double-dealing), deceitfulness (for: deceitful)
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