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intricate
/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/
adj 2verb 2
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3(adj.)
VERBS
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ADV
amazingly, extraordinarily, extremely, highly, very
The antique watch had an extraordinarily intricate mechanism inside that took years to master.
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adj
1
Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
The architecture of this clock is very intricate.
As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
2
Difficult to disentangle, puzzle apart, or resolve; enigmatic, obscure.
The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; Nor ſees with how much Art the Windings run, Nor where the regular Confuſion ends.
His style of writing […] was […]fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding […]with the utmost clearness.
verb
1
To become enmeshed or entangled.
[…] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
2
To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.
But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated.
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The architecture of this clock is very intricate.
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As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermic
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From this point of vantage, we were able to gain an impression of the massive outlines of the main structure, and its intricate maze of girders.
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[…] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
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But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated.
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The statesman barely coped with the intricate issue.
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