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tortuous
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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.
source: wordnet30 - marked by repeated turns and bends(adj.all)Example:
A tortuous road up the mountain.
source: wordnet30 - not straightforward(adj.all)Example:
His tortuous reasoning.
source: wordnet30