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tortuous

/ˈtɔɹtʃəwəs/ · 8 letters · 5 distinct letters

  1. adjective

    highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;, Sir Walter Scott

    the Byzantine tax structure

  2. adjective

    marked by repeated turns and bends

    a tortuous road up the mountain

  3. adjective

    not straightforward

    his tortuous reasoning

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