tortuousadjective
uk/ˈtɔː.tʃu.əs/us/ˈtɔːr.tʃu.əs/with many turns and changes of direction; not direct or simple:
He took a tortuous route through back streets.
The path to peace seems at last to be clear, although it may be a long and tortuous one.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complexity
- a paper chase idiom
- advanced
- all-singing
- be more to sth than meets the eye idiom
- bleeding-edge
- equation
- fancy
- finicky
- high-tech
- intractable
- intricacy
- intricate
- plot
- purple
- serpentine
- sophisticated
- tangled
- the plot thickens idiom
- thereby
- wheel
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tortuously
adverb uk/ˈtɔː.tʃu.əs.li/us/ˈtɔːr.tʃu.əs.li/
tortuousness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈtɔː.tʃu.əs.nəs/us/ˈtɔːr.tʃu.əs.nəs/