48 entries under circuitous topic. ×

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indirect(adjective, honest, false, restrained, dishonest)
20
roundabout(adjective, straight, deceitful, bent, indirect)
18
crooked(adjective, mean, fake, base, false)
18
oblique(adjective, false, dishonest, straight, deceitful)
15
tortuous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, ambiguous)
12
sneaky(adjective, honest, false, dishonest, cunning)
11
duplicitous(noun, adjective, mean, fake, honest)
10
winding(adjective, bent, ambiguous, incidental)
9
erratic(adjective, irregular, unsettled, purpose, unpredictable)
8
sinuous(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, incidental)
8
zigzag(adjective, side, deviation, bent, crooked)
7
circular(adjective, straight, ambiguous, rambling, indirect)
7
serpentine(adjective, cunning, bent, crooked, ambiguous)
7
twisting(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, incidental)
6
rambling(adjective, irregular, deviation, bent, indirect)
6
wandering(adjective, unsettled, purpose, bent, ambiguous)
5
complicated(complex, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
5
sidelong(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
discursive(deviation, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
excursive(adjective, unsettled, deviation, winding)
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