duplicitous (adj.)

  1. 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 ]

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