twisty

Everyday

1. Twisty means full of twists and bends, like a twisty road or path. tree →
2. A twisty story or plot has many surprising turns. tree →
3. Describing a crooked, sly or wicked-looking smile. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life it describes roads, paths, slides and hair. In stories it describes plots full of surprises. Phrases: a twisty road, twisty plot, twisty and turny.

Examples

• The road up the mountain is very twisty. tree →
• Our water slide was long and twisty. tree →
• The book had a twisty plot with a surprise ending. tree →
• Twisty paths wound through the woods. tree →
• She has twisty curls. tree →
• The twisty lane made me feel car-sick. tree →
• “You are done for, indeed,” said Cuillen, and she smiled a hairy and twisty and fangy smile that almost finished Cona’n. tree →

Note

Informal. Comparative twistier, superlative twistiest. Similar: winding, bendy, windy (said WINE-dee for roads).