tortuous

About 1.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
2. adjective Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
3. adjective Injurious; tortious.

Similar words

twisty labyrinthine crooked convoluted winding knotty complex involved intricate indirect

Often followed by

and course path way paths process streets route road

Word family

tortuously tortuousness tortuousnesses