tortuous

suomi-englanti sanakirja

tortuous englannista suomeksi

  1. mutkikas

  2. kiero

  3. kiemurteleva

  1. kiemurainen

tortuous englanniksi

  1. Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.

  2. {{quote-book|en|year=1848|author=Thomas Babington Macaulay|title=The History of England from the Accession of James the Second|volume=1|publisher=Porter & Coates|page=243

  3. (quote-journal)

  4. 2007 October 6, “Slogging on the Home Front”, editorial in ''New York Times|The New York Times'',

  5. 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.
  6. (quote-book)|page=109|text=But the early Tubes still tended to follow the public streets in order to save money, hence some tortuous curves.

  7. Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

  8. {{quote-text|en|year=1872|author=Walter William Skeat|title=Chaucer's A Treatise on the Astrolabe

  9. Injurious; tortious.