tortuous

Words with a similar base: tortuous

'tortuous'

[byzantine.s.01] as in: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott

Examples:
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
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months

'tortuous'

[tortuous.s.02] as in: marked by repeated turns and bends

Examples:
a tortuous road up the mountain
winding roads are full of surprises
had to steer the car down a twisty track

'tortuous'

[tortuous.s.03] as in: not straightforward

Examples:
his tortuous reasoning

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