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35 entries under circuitous topic. ×
| crooked(adjective, immoral, ambiguous, incidental) | |
| serpentine(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, repetition) | |
| roundabout(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, complicated) | |
| complicated(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated) | |
| ambiguous(adjective, complex, immoral, crooked, complicated) | |
| wandering(adjective, complex, ambiguous, rambling, intricate) | |
| circular(adjective, straight, ambiguous, rambling, devious) | |
| circumlocutory(adjective, tedious, involved, ambiguous, diffuse) | |
| oblique(adjective, straight, bent, devious, indirect) | |
| periphrastic(adjective, tedious, involved, ambiguous, indirect) | |
| collateral(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, devious, indirect) | |
| discursive(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, ambiguous, complicated) | |
| sidelong(ambiguous, rambling, incidental) | |
| erratic(adjective, irregular, crooked, ambiguous, inclined) | |
| implied(ambiguous, rambling, incidental) | |
| long-drawn-out(complex, ambiguous, rambling, intricate, incidental) | |
| long-winded(complex, ambiguous, rambling, intricate, talkative) | |
| obscure(adjective, difficult, complex, sophisticated, involved) | |
| out-of-the-way(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, winding) | |
| snaking(irregular, crooked, ambiguous, inclined, rambling) |
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