6
deviating(adjective, deviation, bent, warped, devious)
6
disingenuous(adjective, honest, false, restrained, dishonest)
6
eventual(adjective, sympathetic, inferior, last, minor)
6
inferential(adjective, latency implication, circumstantial)
6
obscure(noun, adjective, distant, remote, isolated)
6
side(noun, adjective, minor, secondary, ancillary)
6
tricky(adjective, false, dishonest, cunning, deceitful)
5
aberrant(noun, deviation, roundabout)
5
distant(adjective, remote, faraway, far-off)
5
duplicitous(adjective, honest, dishonest, cunning, deceitful)
5
errant
5
excursive(adjective, deviation, discursive)
5
long(noun, adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous)
5
out-of-the-way(noun, adjective, obscure, remote, rambling)
5
sinister(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended)
5
subordinate(adjective, inferior, minor, secondary, incidental)
5
twisted
5
vagrant(adjective, deviation, supple, rambling, circuitous)
4
accidental
4
adventitious
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