| deviating(verb, adjective, vague, equivocal, unvaried) | |
| equivocal(adjective, vague) | |
| evasive(adjective, deceitful, tricky) | |
| follow up(verb, control, lead, manage) | |
| intricate(adjective, clear, simple, elaborate, complicated) | |
| misdirect(verb, abandon, follow, diverge) | |
| mismanage(verb, abandon, follow, diverge) | |
| obey(verb, abandon, follow, diverge) | |
| oblique(adjective, indirect, evasive) | |
| periphrastic | |
| retrograde(noun, adjective) | |
| varying(adjective, vague, equivocal) | |
| alternating | |
| circumlocutory | |
| backhanded | |
| crooked | |
| curved | |
| cute(obvious, frank) | |
| discursive | |
| follow(verb, abandon, diverge) |
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