18 entries under winding topic. ×

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circular(adjective, straight, ambiguous, rambling, around)
12
ambagious(adjective, around, indirect, meandering)
12
serpentine(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, sly)
10
anfractuous(adjective, straight)
10
sinuous(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, crooked, ambiguous)
10
twisting(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, devious)
8
collateral(adjective, ambiguous, secondary, rambling, around)
8
crooked(adjective, bent, ambiguous, warped, incidental)
6
wandering(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
5
erratic(adjective, deviation, ambiguous, rambling, incidental)
3
meandrous
3
misleading(adjective, meandering)
2
out-of-the-way(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
1
by way of(adjective, around, indirect, meandering)
1
long way(adjective, around, indirect, meandering)
1
long way around(adjective, around, indirect, meandering)
1
winding around(adjective, around, indirect, meandering)
0
lengthy(adjective, rambling, indirect, meandering)
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