contortive
[kuh n-tawr-tiv]
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adjective
characterized by, tending toward, or causing contortions or twisting: contortive movements; contortive pain; contortive alleyways.
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- contort,
- contorted,
- contortedly,
- contortion,
- contortionist,
- contour,
- contour curtain,
- contour feather,
- contour integration,
- contour interval
Origin of contortive
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Examples from the Web for contortive
Then, with a contortive shudder, he rolled over and over the steps, and lay face downward upon the ground-dead.
The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete|Gilbert Parker