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Comparative
more tortuous
Superlative
most tortuous
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extremely long and complicated and sometimes tricky to understand
- Her tortuous reasoning made the decision-making process much harder than it needed to be.
- The book's tortuous narrative style made it challenging to keep track of the main plot.
- The meeting was filled with tortuous discussions that delayed the final decision.
- The lawyer's tortuous explanation only confused the jury further.
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having a lot of twists
- The tortuous mountain road made the drive challenging.
- The tortuous path through the woods was hard to navigate.
- The tortuous river twisted through the valley, creating a scenic route.
- The tortuous coastline stretched for miles, with many sharp turns.
- The tortuous road wound through the hills, making the drive difficult.