tortuously
adverb
tortuously is spelled T-O-R-T-U-O-U-S-L-Y: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, tortuously means “In a tortuous manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tortuously?
| Letters | 10: T-O-R-T-U-O-U-S-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tortuously?
Tortuously appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tortuously?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tortuously.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tortuously
- more tortuously comparative
- most tortuously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tortuously mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a tortuous manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tortuously come from?
From tortuous + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).