Main entry: tortuous
Definition: not straightforward
Usage: his tortuous reasoning
Main entry: convoluted, Byzantine, involved, knotty, tortuous, tangled
Definition: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Usage: 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
Main entry: winding, voluminous, twisting, twisty, tortuous
Definition: marked by repeated turns and bends
Usage: a tortuous road up the mountain; winding roads are full of surprises; had to steer the car down a twisty track