snaking

ambiguous ancillary circuitous implied incidental oblique tortuous

collateral

circular circumlocutory complicated contingent crooked devious discursive duplicitous erratic eventual long long way home long-drawn-out long-winded meandering obscure out-of-the-way periphrastic rambling secondary serpentine sidelong sinister sinuous sneaking sneaky subsidiary twisting underhand vagrant wandering winding zigzag

direct straight straightforward

bent crinkled crooked fluctuating irregular jagged meandering oscillating serrated twisted twisting undulating waggling winding

devious erratic indirect rambling sinuous tortuous transverse

direct even level smooth straight straightforward

coil complexity contortion curlicue gyration helix intricacy involution sinuosity sinuousness swirl tortuousness twist undulation winding

coiling flexing serpentine

line straightness

cloud coil contort loop spiral tangle twist wind

intricate

explain explicate straighten untwist