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tortuous
('t/O/r/tS//u//@/s )

adjective (a)

  • Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious(adj.all)
    Example:
    Tortuous legal procedures.
    Tortuous negotiations lasting for months.
    Synonym:
    byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled
    source: wordnet30
  • marked by repeated turns and bends(adj.all)
    Example:
    A tortuous road up the mountain.
    Synonym:
    twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding
    source: wordnet30
  • not straightforward(adj.all)
    Example:
    His tortuous reasoning.
    source: wordnet30
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