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tortuously

tortuously adverb: in a tortuous manner.

Adverb

tortuously (comparative more tortuously, superlative most tortuously)

  1. In a tortuous manner.

Forms of tortuously

comparativemore tortuously
superlativemost tortuously

Origin of tortuously

From tortuous + -ly.

Questions about tortuously

What does tortuously mean?
Tortuously means in a tortuous manner.
What part of speech is tortuously?
Tortuously is an adverb.

Words near tortuously in the dictionary

  1. tortuose
  2. tortuosities
  3. tortuosity
  4. tortuous
  5. tortuousity
  6. tortuously
  7. tortuousness
  8. tortuousnesses
  9. torturable
  10. torture
  11. torture chamber

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