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adjective satellite

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• marked by repeated turns and bends

• not straightforward

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adjective satellite

• characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is

• humorously sarcastic or mocking

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adjective satellite

• deliberately vague or ambiguous

• avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

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