meandering

adjrambling

Synonyms for meandering

adj rambling

curving

adjective. not straight

Word Origin & History

1570s, "confusion, intricacies," from Latin meander "a winding course," from Greek Maiandros, name of a river in Caria noted for its winding course (the Greeks used the name figuratively for winding patterns). In reference to river courses, in English, from 1590s. Adjectival forms are meandrine (1846); meandrous (1650s).

Example Sentences for meandering

The sight of him meandering about the room recalled these things.

Now, the Kennyfecks had been meandering after this fashion for some time back.

But mind you tell your wife just what I told you—and no meandering of your own—you hear!

Then, meandering through this wilderness of dubiety, ran thoughts of Oliver.

"Gimpy Gordon's meandering mind is well understood for what it is," he said.

As if only one person wrote in that flourishing, meandering style!

This was but meandering while waiting for ideas, and evoked another yell.

That's the beck, as they call it, meandering down from the hills.

Beyond, I caught the glinting of a narrow stream, meandering.

Here the current was very trifling, and the channel so meandering, that we sometimes found it difficult to work the canoe forward.

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Synonyms for meandering

complex

crooked

curving

difficult

diffuse

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complex

crooked

curving

difficult

diffuse

Synonyms for meandering

circuitous