Tortuous - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtɔːrtʃʊəs|  American pronunciation of the word tortuous
Brit.  |ˈtɔːtʃʊəs|  British pronunciation of the word tortuous

adjective

- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (syn: byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled)
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
- marked by repeated turns and bends (syn: twisting, voluminous, winding)
a tortuous road up the mountain
- not straightforward
his tortuous reasoning

Extra examples

...a tortuous mountain road marked by numerous hairpin turns...

The book begins with a long, tortuous introduction.

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