1. tortuous - adjective
· highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "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"
Synonym(s): Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled
2. tortuous - 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"
Synonym(s): twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous
3. tortuous - adjective
· not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"
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