40 entries under ambiguous topic. ×

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devious(adjective, straight, deviation, bent, crooked)
22
tortuous(adjective, obscure, straight, sophisticated)
16
winding(verb, adjective, obscure, sophisticated, bent)
15
meandering(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, crooked)
14
circular(adjective, straight, rambling, around)
14
oblique(adjective, straight, bent, around)
12
serpentine(adjective, bent, crooked, sly)
12
zigzag(adjective, deviation, bent, devious)
10
sinuous(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, crooked)
10
twisting(adjective, bent, crooked, devious)
9
circumlocutory(adjective, rambling, indirect, incidental)
9
discursive(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, confused, deviation)
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collateral(adjective, secondary, rambling, around)
8
crooked(adjective, bent, warped, incidental)
8
periphrastic(adjective, confused, pointless, rambling)
6
wandering(adjective, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
5
erratic(adjective, deviation, rambling, incidental)
4
complicated(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, rambling)
4
sidelong(adjective, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
vagrant(adjective, deviation, supple, rambling)
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