tortuous

/'tɔ:tjuəs/
Adjective
  1. not straightforward
    • his tortuous reasoning
  2. marked by repeated turns and bends
    • a tortuous road up the mountain
    • winding roads are full of surprises
    • had to steer the car down a twisty track
  3. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
    • 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- Sir Walter Scott
    • tortuous legal procedures
    • tortuous negotiations lasting for months

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The car navigates the tortuous mountain road.