2
magniloquent(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy)
2
mired
2
pompous(talkative, wordy, prolix)
2
pretentious(talkative, wordy, prolix)
2
problematical
2
prolix(adjective, talkative, wordy)
2
punishing(adjective, punishing)
2
recondite
2
rhetorical(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy)
2
rivulose
2
rococo(adjective, difficult, complex, sophisticated, involved)
2
sidelong(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
2
snarled
2
timeserving
2
unstraightforward
2
vermiculate(adjective, twisted, twisting, winding, convoluted)
2
wordy(adjective, talkative, prolix)
2
wry
1
Daedalean
1
Daedalian
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