tortuous
[tawr-choo-uhs]
Origin of tortuous
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin tortuōsus, equivalent to tortu(s) a twisting (tor(quēre) to twist, bend + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ōsus -ous
Synonyms for tortuous
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See torturous.
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Historical Examples of tortuously
Cautiously, tortuously, they made their way ahead for what seemed like ages, pausing frequently to listen.
The Radio Boys on the Mexican BorderGerald Breckenridge
They crept on tortuously in serpentine curves through the long, dry grasses.
Hilda WadeGrant Allen
Breathes there a man so tortuously afflicted with Strabismus that he doesn't see it?
On the testimony of his own letters it is clear he did not mind how tortuously and perfidiously he worked.
Sir Walter RaleghWilliam Stebbing
A planet is said to ascend directly, when in a direct sign; but tortuously, when in a tortuous sign.
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