- 1. a. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla. Source: opted
- 2. a. Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful. Source: opted
- 3. a. Injurious: tortious. Source: opted
- 4. a. Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. Source: opted
- 5. adj. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. marked by repeated turns and bends Source: wordnet
- 7. adj. not straightforward Source: wordnet
- 8. j:100 s. marked by repeated turns and bends s. not straightforward Source: ecdict
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