25
devious(adjective, honest, false, restrained, dishonest)
23
roundabout(adjective, dishonest, straight, deceitful, crooked)
20
circuitous(adjective, straight, deviation, bent, crooked)
20
oblique(adjective, false, dishonest, straight, deceitful)
18
crooked(noun, adjective, dishonest, deceitful, crafty)
17
tortuous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, complicated)
16
circular(adjective, straight, rambling, around, devious)
14
meandering(adjective, bent, crooked, devious, circuitous)
13
secondary(adjective, sympathetic, inferior, minor, subordinate)
13
incidental(adjective, subordinate, rambling, circuitous, tortuous)
12
zigzag(noun, adjective, side, deviation, bent)
11
collateral(adjective, inferior, minor, subordinate, secondary)
10
rambling(adjective, irregular, deviation, bent, crooked)
10
sinuous(adjective, bent, crooked, devious, twisting)
10
sneaky(adjective, honest, false, dishonest, deceitful)
10
underhand(adjective, evil, honest, false, corrupt)
9
circumstantial(adjective, incidental, circumstantial)
9
erratic(noun, adjective, irregular, deviation, crooked)
9
evasive(adjective, deceitful, tricky)
9
implicit(adjective, subtle, hidden, latent, latency implication)
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