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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "roundabout, circuitous, deviating",
"word": "gewunden"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okólʹnyj",
"sense": "roundabout, circuitous, deviating",
"word": "око́льный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neprjamój",
"sense": "roundabout, circuitous, deviating",
"word": "непрямо́й"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "roundabout, circuitous, deviating",
"word": "tortuoso"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neprjamyj",
"sense": "roundabout, circuitous, deviating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "непрямий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zvyvystyj",
"sense": "roundabout, circuitous, deviating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "звивистий"
}
],
"word": "devious"
}
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