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type | s |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious |
examples | 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 |
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Similar to | complex |
Derivationally related form | tortuous → tortuousness |
Derivationally related form | knotty → knottiness |
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Similar to | complex |
Derivationally related form | tortuousness → tortuous |
Derivationally related form | knottiness → knotty |
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