TORTUOUS
\tˈɔːt͡ʃuːəs], \tˈɔːtʃuːəs], \t_ˈɔː_tʃ_uː_ə_s]\
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Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
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Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
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Oblique; - applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
By Oddity Software
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Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
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Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
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Oblique; - applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
By Noah Webster.
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Crooked; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous path; underhand; indirect; deceitful; as, a tortuous business policy.
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Tortuously.
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Tortuousness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Tortuously.
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Tortuousness.
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Twisted, winding: (fig.) deceitful.
By Daniel Lyons
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