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tortuous

/'tɔrʧuəs/

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adjective
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
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"tortuous legal procedures" "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

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byzantine convoluted involved knotty tangled complex
adjective
marked by repeated turns and bends
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"a tortuous road up the mountain"

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twisting twisty voluminous winding crooked
adjective
not straightforward
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"his tortuous reasoning"

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indirect

Examples of tortuous

"tortuous legal procedures"
"tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
"a tortuous road up the mountain"
"his tortuous reasoning"