| shifty(adjective, honest, false, dishonest, deceitful) |
| subsidiary(noun, adjective, inferior, subordinate, secondary) |
| twisting(noun, adjective, bent, crooked, devious) |
| winding(verb, adjective, irregular, bent, crooked) |
| anfractuous(adjective, straight, winding) |
| circumlocutory(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended) |
| deceitful(adjective, false, dishonest, cunning, shrewd) |
| discursive(adjective, deviation, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) |
| implied(adjective, slight, obscure, fine, thin) |
| periphrastic(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended) |
| serpentine(adjective, bent, crooked, sly, devious) |
| sidelong(adjective, subordinate, rambling, incidental, circuitous) |
| wandering(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended) |
| ambagious |
| ancillary(adjective, inferior, minor, subordinate, secondary) |
| complicated(noun, adjective, rambling, devious, circuitous) |
| underhanded(adjective, honest, false, dishonest, cunning) |
| vicarious(adjective, inferior, last, minor, subordinate) |
| ambiguous(adjective, false, dishonest, deceitful, unreliable) |
| backhanded(adjective, circuit) |