19
tortuous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, repetition)
18
sinuous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, repetition)
15
snaky(adjective, straight, cunning, bent, crooked)
13
anfractuous(adjective, straight, repetition, sly, convolution)
13
crooked(adjective, bent, ambiguous, incidental, circuitous)
13
curved(adjective, sly, curved, winding)
13
winding(verb, adjective, straight, bent, repetition)
10
bent(adjective, curved, winding)
10
cunning(adjective, false, cunning, misleading, sly)
10
flexuous(adjective, straight, repetition, convolution, winding)
10
snakelike(adjective, sly, winding)
9
circuitous(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, sly)
9
convoluted(adjective, sly, convolution, winding, convoluted)
9
devious(adjective, cunning, bent, crooked, ambiguous)
9
indirect(adjective, bent, crooked, sly, devious)
9
meandering(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, sly)
9
subtle(adjective, false, cunning, misleading, sly)
9
twisting(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, sly)
9
wily(adjective, false, cunning, misleading, sly)
8
artful(adjective, cunning, sly, winding)
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