Usually means: Winding and twisting in nature.
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  1. anfractuous: Merriam-Webster
  2. anfractuous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. anfractuous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. anfractuous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. anfractuous: Vocabulary.com
  6. anfractuous: Wordnik
  7. anfractuous: Wiktionary
  8. anfractuous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. anfractuous: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Anfractuous, anfractuous: Dictionary.com
  11. anfractuous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Anfractuous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. anfractuous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. anfractuous: Rhymezone
  15. Anfractuous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. anfractuous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. anfractuous: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. anfractuous: FreeDictionary.org
  19. anfractuous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. anfractuous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. anfractuous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. anfractuous: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (anfractuous)

▸ adjective:  sinuous, twisty, winding.
▸ adjective:  craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.

Similar:
crooked, winding, zigzagging, windy, snaky, sinuous, tortuous, twisty, tortive, wreathy, more...

Opposite:
straight, direct, simple, uncomplicated

Types:
winding, meandering, twisting, crooked, serpentine, more...
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Similar:
crooked, winding, zigzagging, windy, snaky, sinuous, tortuous, twisty, tortive, wreathy, more...

Opposite:
straight, direct, simple, uncomplicated

Types:
winding, meandering, twisting, crooked, serpentine, more...



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