A word to describe "a curve and inaccurate road"?

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Is there a word to describe "a curve and inaccurate road"?

What do you mean by "an inaccurate road"? "inaccurate" isn't a word I've ever heard applied to a road. — stangdon, Aug 20 '16 at 12:01
As a learner, I can suggest two adjectives which can be used to describe such roads.

twisting

winding — Cardinal, Aug 20 '16 at 12:03
I do not know. There must be some differences; otherwise we would have only one word rather than two words! :D — Cardinal, Aug 20 '16 at 12:09
@ColleenV: I beg to differ about the possible duplicate: the other question features pictures of Alpine roads with lots of hairpin bends, whereas this a more typically English country road that just isn't quite sure where it's going. — JavaLatte, Aug 20 '16 at 15:18
@JavaLatte The same words that you state in your answer are in answers for the other question. I don't look at the way the question is stated so much as the answers when I'm choosing duplicates because the close reason says "Your question may already have an answer here". I can see why you don't think they're duplicates, but I think that they are similar enough that it would be useful to learners to have them tightly linked. It would be great if the answers did explain the difference between a long winding road and one with switchbacks and hairpin turns for either question though. — ColleenV, Aug 20 '16 at 17:17

JavaLatte · Answer 1 · 2016-08-20T15:39:29.210

Maybe this is the long and winding road that features in Paul McCartney's song of that name.

The word winding is probably the most appropriate. Alternatives are:

bendy - especially of a road, having many bends

twisty - Not arranged or moving in a straight line; winding.

The term meandering is mainly used about rivers, but could also be used about roads that change direction frequently.

There are also quite a few appropriate descriptions in The Rolling English Road by G K Chesterton.

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