having many curves, bends, or turns; winding

a sinuous path.

indirect; devious

sinuous questions.

characterized by a series of graceful curving motions

a sinuous dance.

Botany . sinuate, as a leaf.

adjective

straight , untwisted , unwinding

adjective

anfractuous , circuitous , coiling , convoluted , crooked , curved , curvy , deviative , devious , flexuous , indirect , meandering , meandrous , serpentine , snaky * , supple , tortuous , twisting and turning , undulating , vagrant , snaky , bending , curving , deviating , sinuate , slinky , twisting , wavy , winding , zigzag