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    [Adjective]  | "tor*tu*ous" | \ ˈtȯr-chə-wəs \


    1: marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding

    2: marked by devious or indirect tactics : crooked, tricky

    3: circuitous, involved


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Middle French tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus twist, from torquēre to twist;

    [Adjective]  | "tortuous" 


    1: marked by a long series of irregular curves;


      * e.g., " ... a tortuous mountain road marked by numerous hairpin turns "





     [ "Tortuously" ]

    1: Tortuously (adverb): In a manner that is so full of misspellings, typos, and grammatical errors that it would give a spelling bee champion a headache. Example: "The report that my coworker submitted was so tortuously written that I had to reread it several times just to understand what they were trying to say."

      * e.g.,  ... I tried to take the shortcut through the park, but ended up getting lost in a tortuously tangled web of pedestrian paths. It was like a giant maze made out of cement and grass. I must have walked in circles for an hour before I finally found my way back to the main road. Talk about a frustratingly tortuous experience! 

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