adjective [usuallybeforenoun] (written)
1 (usually disapproving) not simple and direct; long, complicated and difficult to understand:
tortuous language / laws * the long, tortuous process of negotiating peace
2 (of a road, path, etc.) full of bends:
a tortuous mountain track
tortuously adverb:
a tortuously slow system
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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