Look up: tortuous

1. tortuous
   devious/not straightforward 
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2. tortuous
   [Adjective] Long and complicated or twisted.
   Example: His 'short cut' turned out to be a tortuous route through the countryside.
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3. tortuous
   [adj] - marked by repeated turns and bends 2. [adj] - not straightforward
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4. Tortuous
   Tor'tu·ous adjective [ Middle English tortuos , Latin tortuosus , from tortus a twisting, winding, from torquere , tortum , to twist: confer French tortueux . See Torture.] 1. Bent in different direct...
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5. tortuous
   1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla. 'The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.' (Macaulay) ... 2. Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; dec...
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6. tortuous
   twisting adjective 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`
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7. tortuous
   adjective not straightforward; `his tortuous reasoning`
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8. tortuous
   (tor´choo-әs) twisted; full of turns and twists.
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9. Tortuous
   • (a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful. • (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. • (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a...
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10. tortuous
    tortuous 1. With many turns or bends. 2. Extremely complex or intricate. 3. Devious or deceitful. Tortuous or torturous? Even though both words come ultimately from the same Latin word, meaning 'to twist', their meanings separate in English. A mountain pass is tortuous ('with many turns or bends'...
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11. tortuous
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tōr′chū-ŭs Definitions: 1. Having many curves; full of turns and twists.
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