42 entries under winding topic. ×

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curvy(adjective, sly)
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foxy(adjective, false, cunning, misleading, sly)
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hooked(adjective, curved)
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mazy(adjective, complex, crooked, sly, intricate)
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meandrous(adjective, straight, repetition, sly)
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roundabout(adjective, bent, crooked, devious, circuitous)
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shrewd(adjective, cunning, sly)
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slick(adjective, false, cunning, misleading, sly)
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clever(adjective, cunning, sly)
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bending
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supple(adjective, sly)
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snaking(loop, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, spiral)
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cagey(adjective, sly)
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coiling(adjective, sly)
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deviative(adjective, supple, twisting)
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erratic(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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out-of-the-way(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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slinky(adjective, sly, sleek)
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vagrant(ambiguous, supple, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
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obscure(complex, ambiguous, rambling, intricate, incidental)
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