Not taking a direct or straight line or course

• anfractuous

  1. Full of twists, turns, and windings; roundabout; tortuous

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  1. Full of twists, turns, and windings; roundabout; tortuous

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• circuitous

  1. Roundabout; indirect; devious
  2. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course:
  3. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language:

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  1. Roundabout; indirect; devious
  2. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course:
  3. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language:

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• circular

  1. Moving in or forming a circle.
  2. Using a premise to prove a conclusion that in turn is used to prove the premise:
  3. In the shape of a circle; round

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  1. Moving in or forming a circle.
  2. Using a premise to prove a conclusion that in turn is used to prove the premise:
  3. In the shape of a circle; round

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• devious

  1. Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
  2. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout:
  3. Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.

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  1. Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
  2. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout:
  3. Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.

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• oblique

  1. (Anatomy) Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal:
  2. (Bot.) Having the sides unequal, as some leaves
  3. (Geom.) With its axis not perpendicular to its base

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  1. (Anatomy) Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal:
  2. (Bot.) Having the sides unequal, as some leaves
  3. (Geom.) With its axis not perpendicular to its base

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• roundabout

  1. Encircling; enclosing; surrounding
  2. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
  3. Not straight or straightforward; indirect; circuitous

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  1. Encircling; enclosing; surrounding
  2. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
  3. Not straight or straightforward; indirect; circuitous

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• tortuous

  1. Highly involved; complex:
  2. Having or marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting:
  3. Not straightforward; circuitous; devious:

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  1. Highly involved; complex:
  2. Having or marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting:
  3. Not straightforward; circuitous; devious:

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Marked by treachery or deceit

• devious

  1. Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
  2. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout:
  3. Deviating from the proper or usual course; going astray

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  1. Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
  2. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout:
  3. Deviating from the proper or usual course; going astray

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• disingenuous

  1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
  2. Slyly deceptive or misleading, typically by means of a pretense of ignorance or unawareness
  3. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating:

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  1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
  2. Slyly deceptive or misleading, typically by means of a pretense of ignorance or unawareness
  3. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating:

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• duplicitous

  1. Having duplicity; deceitful
  2. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

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  1. Having duplicity; deceitful
  2. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

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• guileful

  1. Full of guile; deceitfully or treacherously cunning.

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  1. Full of guile; deceitfully or treacherously cunning.

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• lubricious

  1. Having a slippery or smooth quality:
  2. Sexually stimulating; salacious:
  3. Full of or displaying sexual desire:

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  1. Having a slippery or smooth quality:
  2. Sexually stimulating; salacious:
  3. Full of or displaying sexual desire:

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• shifty

  1. Able to accomplish what is needed; resourceful.
  2. Having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character; evasive or untrustworthy.
  3. (Informal) Having or showing a tricky or deceitful nature; evasive

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  1. Able to accomplish what is needed; resourceful.
  2. Having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character; evasive or untrustworthy.
  3. (Informal) Having or showing a tricky or deceitful nature; evasive

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• sneaky

  1. Dishonest; deceitful
  2. Of or like a sneak; underhanded
  3. Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries

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  1. Dishonest; deceitful
  2. Of or like a sneak; underhanded
  3. Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries

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• underhand

  1. (By extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
  2. Underhanded
  3. Dishonest and sneaky; underhanded.

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  1. (By extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
  2. Underhanded
  3. Dishonest and sneaky; underhanded.

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• underhanded

  1. Acting or done in a deceptive, secret, or sly manner; dishonest and sneaky.
  2. Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
  3. Underhand:

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  1. Acting or done in a deceptive, secret, or sly manner; dishonest and sneaky.
  2. Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
  3. Underhand:

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