35 entries under incidental topic. ×

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devious(adjective, straight, deviation, bent, crooked)
14
circular(adjective, straight, ambiguous, rambling, around)
12
serpentine(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, sly)
12
zigzag(adjective, deviation, bent, ambiguous, devious)
10
twisting(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, devious)
9
circumlocutory(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect)
9
discursive(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, confused, deviation)
8
collateral(adjective, ambiguous, secondary, rambling, around)
8
crooked(adjective, bent, ambiguous, warped)
8
periphrastic(adjective, confused, ambiguous, pointless, rambling)
6
wandering(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, tortuous)
5
erratic(adjective, deviation, ambiguous, rambling)
4
complicated(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, ambiguous, rambling)
4
sidelong(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect)
4
vagrant(adjective, deviation, ambiguous, supple, rambling)
3
long-winded(adjective, confused, ambiguous, pointless, rambling)
2
ambiguous(adjective, crooked, rambling, indirect, turning)
2
implied(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect)
2
long(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, tortuous)
2
out-of-the-way(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, tortuous)
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