Contortive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Showing contortion.

    "(There are accounts of the contortive skills of mime artists in ancient Rome.)"

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torsional

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"(There are accounts of the contortive skills of mime artists in ancient Rome.)"

Etymology

From contort + -ive.

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