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37 entries under tortuous topic. ×

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roundabout(adjective, rambling, indirect, circuitous)
9
indirect(adjective, rambling, circuitous, unintended)
4
circular(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
devious(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
oblique(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
3
meandering(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
3
twisting(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
2
ambiguous(adjective, rambling, indirect, incidental, circuitous)
2
crooked(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
2
wandering(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
2
winding(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
2
zigzag(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
1
collateral(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
1
erratic(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
1
implied(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
1
obscure(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
1
sidelong(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
0
ancillary(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
0
complicated(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
0
contingent(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
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