deviation
Roget-categorie 279
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Deviation
zelfstandig naamwoord
deviation —
swerving
etc.
v. —
obliquation†,
warp,
refraction —
flection†,
flexion —
sweep —
deflection,
deflexure† —
declination.
diversion,
digression,
depart from,
aberration —
divergence
etc.
291 —
zigzag —
detour
etc.
(circuit)
629 —
divagation.
[Desultory motion]
wandering
etc.
v. —
vagrancy,
evagation† —
bypaths and crooked ways —
byroad.
[Motion sideways, oblique motion]
sidling
etc.
v. —
knight's move at chess.
werkwoord
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend —
bend,
curve
etc.
245 —
swerve,
heel,
bear off —
gybe†,
wear.
intervert† —
deflect —
divert,
divert from its course —
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle —
sidle —
diverge
etc.
291 —
tralineate† —
digress,
wander —
wind,
twist,
meander —
veer,
tack —
divagate —
sidetrack —
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from —
wheel,
steer clear of —
ramble,
rove,
drift —
go astray,
go adrift —
yaw,
dodge —
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent —
glance off —
wheel about,
face about —
turn to the right about,
face to the right about —
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314 —
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629 —
lose one's way.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
deviating
etc.
v. —
aberrant,
errant —
excursive,
discursive —
devious,
desultory,
loose —
rambling —
stray,
erratic,
vagrant,
undirected,
circuitous,
indirect,
zigzag —
crab-like.
bijwoord
astray from,
round about,
wide of the mark —
to the right about —
all manner of ways —
circuitously
etc.
629.
obliquely,
sideling,
like the move of the knight on a chessboard.
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