cross
verb. traverse an area
curl
verb. bend, loop
forked
adjective. going separate ways
indirect
adjective. roundabout; unintended
- ambiguous
- ancillary
- circuitous
- circular
- circumlocutory
- collateral
- complicated
- contingent
- crooked
- devious
- discursive
- duplicitous
- erratic
- eventual
- implied
- incidental
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- meandering
- oblique
- obscure
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- rambling
- secondary
- serpentine
- sidelong
- sinister
- sinuous
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subsidiary
- tortuous
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
labyrinthine
adjective. mazelike
meandrous
adjective. winding
ramble
verb. wander about; travel aimlessly
- amble
- bat around
- be all over the map
- branch off
- clamber
- climb
- cruise
- depart
- digress
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- excurse
- extend
- fork
- gad
- gallivant
- get sidetracked
- knock about
- knock around
- meander
- perambulate
- percolate
- peregrinate
- promenade
- range
- roam
- rove
- saunter
- scramble
- snake
- sprangle
- sprawl
- spread
- spread-eagle
- straddle
- straggle
- stray
- stroll
- trail
- traipse
- turn
- twist
- walk
- wind
- zigzag
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