tortuous
Kelime Anlamı :
1. dolambaçlı.
2. burmalı.
3. büğrü.
4. yılankavi.
5. eğri büğrü.
6. kıvrıntılar gösteren.
7. dolaşık.
8. eğri.
9. namussuz.
10. çapraşık (yöntem).
Tanımlar :
1.
having or marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting: a tortuous road through the mountains.
2. not straightforward; circuitous; devious: a tortuous plot; tortuous reasoning.
3. highly involved; complex: tortuous legal procedures.
2. not straightforward; circuitous; devious: a tortuous plot; tortuous reasoning.
3. highly involved; complex: tortuous legal procedures.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
2. injurious; tortious
3. oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from capricorn to gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely
2. injurious; tortious
3. oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from capricorn to gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding.
2. fig.: deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
3. injurious: tortious.
4. oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from capricorn to gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
2. fig.: deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
3. injurious: tortious.
4. oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from capricorn to gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
full of twists or turns; winding; hence, crooked; zigzag.
2. oblique: applied in astrology to the six zodiacal signs which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
3. figuratively, circuitous; devious; irregular; crooked: especially in a moral sense.
4.
5. an obsolete variant of tortious.
2. oblique: applied in astrology to the six zodiacal signs which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
3. figuratively, circuitous; devious; irregular; crooked: especially in a moral sense.
4.
5. an obsolete variant of tortious.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia