Usually means: Twisting body into unusual positions.
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  1. contortionistic: Merriam-Webster
  2. contortionistic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. contortionistic: Wiktionary
  4. contortionistic: Dictionary.com
  5. contortionistic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Involving or characterised by contortion.

Similar:
contorsional, curvital, distortional, torsive, contractural, tortional, contusive, torturous, torsional, torticollic, more...

Opposite:
flexible, supple, limber, pliant, agile

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Similar:
contorsional, curvital, distortional, torsive, contractural, tortional, contusive, torturous, torsional, torticollic, more...

Opposite:
flexible, supple, limber, pliant, agile



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