Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/
  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃuəs/

Määritelmät

Adjektiivit

  1. Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
  2. (obsolete) injurious; tortious
  3. (astrology) oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely

Esimerkit

  • It still takes almost half a year for the average veteran’s claim for disability benefits to be decided in a tortuous process that can involve four separate hearings.
  • The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
  • Infortunate ascendent tortuous.
  • I hate driving along those tortuous mountain roads.

Taivutusmuodot

Komparatiivimore tortuous
Superlatiivimost tortuous

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