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| circuitous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, secondary) | |
| devious(adjective, straight, deceitful, bent) | |
| tortuous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, complicated) | |
| oblique(adjective, dishonest, straight, deceitful, crafty) | |
| circumlocutory(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| periphrastic(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| meandering(adjective, bent, devious, twisting) | |
| discursive(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| evasive | |
| rambling(adjective, bent, warped, devious) | |
| circular(adjective, straight, rambling, devious) | |
| collateral(adjective, secondary, rambling, devious) | |
| ambiguous(adjective, crooked, rambling, turning) | |
| deviating(adjective, circuit) | |
| complicated(rambling, devious, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| implied(obscure, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| obscure(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| sidelong(subordinate, rambling, incidental, circuitous) | |
| ancillary(subordinate, secondary, rambling, incidental) | |
| dependent(side, secondary, ancillary) |
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