tortuous, adj.
freq. cnt. 2
freq. cnt. 2
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
Byzantine convoluted involved knotty tangled tortuous
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"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"
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not straightforward
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tortuous
sample sentences
"his tortuous reasoning"
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marked by repeated turns and bends
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
tortuous twisting twisty voluminous winding
sample sentences
"a tortuous road up the mountain""winding roads are full of surprises"
"had to steer the car down a twisty track"
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