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Our route next day through the narrow byways of Dorsetshire was a meandering one.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYOf course, these caused more or less meandering, but in the end they came to a place where Tolly Tip raised a warning finger.
THE BANNER BOY SCOUTS SNOWBOUNDGEORGE A. WARRENMoreover, an auxiliary stream was meandering over the table, making rapid progress towards the rose-coloured silk and white lace.
THREE MARGARETSLAURA E. RICHARDSSome woollens are woven simply like linen; some are wide, some very narrow, sewn together in strips, woven in meandering designs.
NEEDLEWORK AS ARTMARIAN ALFORDThe climate demands such, since the answer can be almost anything, a meandering spreading-of-weight kind of answer.
WHEN WINTER COMES TO MAIN STREETGRANT MARTIN OVERTONThe valley was green and level, and a meandering stream formed many little lakes.
TALES OF LONELY TRAILSZANE GREYGrain was literally meandering toward the East instead of moving by a direct route.
RAILROADS: RATES AND REGULATIONSWILLIAM Z. RIPLEYOne gentleman, meandering in the Square, narrowly evaded dismemberment, and was fortunate in getting off with a slight bruise.
THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEYT. PHELANTo the south-east is the far-famed Eppynt Forest, and down through a luxuriant sylvan dell runs the meandering Irvon.
THE CAMBRIAN SKETCH-BOOKR. RICE DAVIESWe discovered a new rivulet meandering down the mountain side, and a royal bed of ferns, and one of two new specimens of bloom.
HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYSAMANDA M. DOUGLASWORDS RELATED TO MEANDERING
- Daedalean
- Gordian
- abstruse
- bewildering
- byzantine
- circuitous
- complicated
- confused
- convoluted
- crabbed
- cryptic
- discursive
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- disturbing
- enigmatic
- entangled
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- hidden
- impenetrable
- inscrutable
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- labyrinthine
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- mingled
- mixed
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- obscure
- paradoxical
- perplexing
- puzzling
- rambling
- recondite
- round-about
- sinuous
- snarled
- sophisticated
- tangled
- tortuous
- undecipherable
- unfathomable
- winding
- agee
- anfractuous
- angular
- asymmetric
- awry
- bowed
- catawampus
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- deformed
- deviating
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- disfigured
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- errant
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- hooked
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- irregular
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- misshapen
- not straight
- oblique
- out of shape
- rambling
- roundabout
- screwy
- serpentine
- sinuous
- skewed
- slanted
- snaky
- spiral
- tilted
- topsy-turvy
- tortile
- tortuous
- twisted
- twisting
- uneven
- warped
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- zigzag
- abstract
- abstruse
- baffling
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- confounding
- confusing
- dark
- deep
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- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- entangled
- esoteric
- formidable
- hard to explain
- hard to solve
- hidden
- inexplicable
- intricate
- involved
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- loose
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- mysterious
- mystical
- mystifying
- nice
- obscure
- obstinate
- paradoxical
- perplexing
- problematical
- profound
- puzzling
- rambling
- subtle
- tangled
- thorny
- ticklish
- troublesome
- unclear
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- vexing
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