39 entries under circuitous topic. ×
| crooked(adjective, dishonest, deceitful, bent, crafty) | |
| sidelong(adjective, cross, ambiguous, indirect, incidental) | |
| circular(adjective, straight, ambiguous, around, devious) | |
| circumlocutory(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| collateral(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, devious, indirect) | |
| zigzag(adjective, side, bent, crooked, devious) | |
| implied(adjective, obscure, ambiguous, rambling, indirect) | |
| tortuous(adjective, straight, bent, devious, indirect) | |
| underhand(adjective, false, dishonest, cunning, deceitful) | |
| discursive(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| meandering(adjective, irregular, bent, ambiguous, devious) | |
| obscure(adjective, difficult, vague, ambiguous, misleading) | |
| periphrastic(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| winding(verb, adjective, irregular, bent, crooked) | |
| ambiguous(adjective, false, vague, misleading, slippery) | |
| erratic(adjective, irregular, crooked, ambiguous, inclined) | |
| out-of-the-way(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous) | |
| sinister(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous) | |
| sinuous(irregular, bent, crooked, ambiguous, devious) | |
| twisting(adjective, irregular, bent, crooked, ambiguous) |
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