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tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous

adj. marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

devious, circuitous, roundabout

adj. deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a), winding

adj. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

sinuate, sinuous, wiggly

adj. curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines"

annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped

adj. shaped like a ring

indirect

adj. not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage"

round, circular

adj. having a circular shape

coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate

adj. in the shape of a coil

akimbo(ip)

adj. (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo"

anfractuous

adj. full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs"

hooklike, hooked

adj. having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); "hooklike thorns";

askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff

adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

refractive, refractile

adj. of or relating to or capable of refraction; "the refractive characteristics of the eye"

bent

adj. altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"

contorted, writhed, writhen

adj. twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott

gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed

adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

malposed

adj. characterized by malposition; "crooked malposed teeth"

squiggly

adj. wavy and twisting

warped

adj. used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"

windblown

adj. used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds

wry

adj. bent to one side; "a wry neck"

zigzag, zig-zag

adj. having short sharp turns or angles

straight

adj. having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

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