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English to English adjective
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Having convolutions. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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rolled longitudinally upon itself | | Example: a convolute petal
source: wordnet30
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highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | | Example: 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
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
source: wordnet30
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