What does anfractuous mean?
Anfractuous means sinuous, twisty, winding..
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/ænˈfɹæktʃʊəs/ · adjective
sinuous, twisty, winding..
1721 Thomas Gibson, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London: Anatomy of Humane Bodies epitomized. They are very anfractuous and winding, and (as was said) consist of many little Cells, that they should not pour out all the Seed contained in them, in one act of Copulation, but might retain it for several. They have no Communication one with another, not even in their very opening into the Urethra.
So intricate, ſo anfractuous, ſo unſearchable are the vvays of Providence.
It was just that the story was anfractuous.
Shy, iridescent, coltish, pelvically anfractuous, amply busted, given to diffident movements
Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks / Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.
Use anfractuous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Anfractuous means sinuous, twisty, winding..
Common synonyms include crooked.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1721 Thomas Gibson, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London: Anatomy of Humane Bodies epitomized. They are very anfractuous and winding, and (as was said) consist of many little Cells, that they should not pour out all the Seed contained in them, in one act of Copulation, but might retain it for several. They have no Communication one with another, not even in their very opening into the Urethra.
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