The Only Use
tortuous
in
The Great Gatsby
(Edited)
- There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden; old men pushing young girls backward in eternal graceless circles, superior couples holding each other tortuously, fashionably, and keeping in the corners — and a great number of single girls dancing individualistically or relieving the orchestra for a moment of the burden of the banjo or the traps.
p. 46.6tortuously = with repeated turns and bends
Definitions:
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(1)
(tortuous) marked by repeated turns and bends
or:
highly complex or intricate - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)