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tortuous


adjective
1. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (Freq. 2)
- the Byzantine tax structure
- Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
- convoluted legal language
- convoluted reasoning
- the plot was too involved
- a knotty problem
- got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
- "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott
- tortuous legal procedures
- tortuous negotiations lasting for months
Syn:
Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled
Similar to:
complex
Derivationally related forms:
tortuousness, knottiness (for: knotty)
2. marked by repeated turns and bends
- a tortuous road up the mountain
- winding roads are full of surprises
- had to steer the car down a twisty track
Syn:
twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous
Similar to:
crooked
Derivationally related forms:
tortuousness, tortuosity
3. not straightforward
- his tortuous reasoning
Similar to:
indirect
Derivationally related forms:
tortuousness

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