tortuously
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9.1
- adverb
- /ˈtɔːrtʃuəsli/
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tortuosamente
- Only it is not always as if these states took turns so neatly; often it is an intricately entangled series that is tortuously dual.
- a tortuously long process
- tortuously long
Examples
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Carlyle, as a representative of an eccentric voice of Victorian morality, implies that epistemology is a form of ethics, after all, and that ethics tend to depend on a dualism between mind and body, in which he too, however tortuously, acquiesced.
Academic text (1997) -
Every word is tortuously scrutinized for a multiplicity of future implications and precedents.
Academic text (1994) -
The time passed tortuously between desires full of anxiety, thrilling fantasies, and reluctance.
Fiction book (1998) -
It is tortuously painful.
Blog text (26) -
A lumpen-looking long-haired woman in heels hurries away down a tortuously windy street.
Fiction book (1993) -
The truth will empower them because most of those demons that command their days and their nights were born from believing the lies they were told and then being infinitely, tortuously confused about why, if they are soldiers for freedom and democracy and on the "good side" of the fight, it feels like they lost their soul.
Blog text (31) -
The trail led tortuously through the dense forest, making each hike a challenging adventure.
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She explained the tortuously complicated rules of the game, leaving everyone confused and frustrated.
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The road twisted tortuously around the mountain, offering breathtaking views at every turn.
Synonyms
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7.0
In a way that has many connected parts and is hard to understand
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8.7
In a complicated way that is hard to follow
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7.4
In a winding, curving way
In a winding way with many turns
In a curved way that goes around a center
In a twisting way that makes soft curves
Antonyms
How Winding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tortuously comes from the Latin root torquere, which means 'to twist'. Imagine a road or an argument that twists and turns a lot — done tortuously means it is winding and overly complicated.