Consequently it had to be exhumed by devious, obscure, and often intuitive methods.

This guy is the most difficult to deter, and uses some devious methods.

I am well aware of the devious methods these people use to transport their contraband.

They were convinced I was concealing information, and they had devious methods of coercion.

"And are my methods less devious than those of the drow?"

Jaxom's last waking thought was one of admiration for the Harper's devious methods.

First they threatened Punhun but when he didn't relent, they tried more devious methods.

But there is devious method in the show's comic glibness.

"Oh, my dear sister has many a devious method of combating boredom," Marcus replied with a sly smile.

The Minister of Technology nodded, remembering how devious the method of matter transmission had proved to be.