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tortuous
adjective
Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;- Sir Walter Scott
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ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs
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adjective
Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;- Sir Walter Scott
“The Byzantine tax structure”
adjective
Marked by repeated turns and bends
“A tortuous road up the mountain”
adjective
Not straightforward
“His tortuous reasoning”
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The Byzantine tax structure
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
Convoluted legal language
Convoluted reasoning
The plot was too involved
A knotty problem
Got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
Tortuous legal procedures
Tortuous negotiations lasting for months
A tortuous road up the mountain
Winding roads are full of surprises
Had to steer the car down a twisty track
His tortuous reasoning
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