devious vs pawky

devious

adj
  • Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank. 

  • Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route. 

pawky

adj
  • Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour. 

How often have the words devious and pawky occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )