intricately


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in·tri·cate

 (ĭn′trĭ-kĭt)
adj.
1. Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate: an intricate pattern; an intricate procedure.
2. Difficult to understand, analyze, or solve for having many interconnected elements. See Synonyms at complex.

[Middle English, from Latin intrīcātus, past participle of intrīcāre, to entangle, perplex : in-, in; see in-2 + trīcae, perplexities, wiles.]

in′tri·cate·ly adv.
in′tri·cate·ness n.
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Adv.1.intricately - with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out"
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Translations
بصورةٍ مُعَقَّدَه
složitě
indvikletkompliceret
komplikáltan
á flókinn hátt
karmaşık bir şekilde

intricately

[ˈɪntrɪkɪtlɪ] ADVintrincadamente, de modo intrincado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

intricately

advkompliziert; these issues are intricately connecteddiese Fragen sind auf komplizierte Weise miteinander verknüpft
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

intricately

[ˈɪntrɪkɪtlɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo intricato, in modo complesso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

intricate

(ˈintrikət) adjective
complicated. an intricate knitting pattern; intricate details.
ˈintricately adverb
ˈintricacyplural ˈintricacies noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
Never was any human misunderstanding more intricately complete than the misunderstanding which had now established itself between those two.
In the front seat were a man and woman; in the rear seat a Japanese was squeezed in among suit cases, rods, guns, saddles, and a typewriter case, while above him and all about him, fastened most intricately, sprouted a prodigious crop of deer- and elk-horns.
This lady, who was long, lean and loosely put together, was clad in raiment intricately looped and fringed, with plaids and stripes and bands of plain colour disposed in a design to which the clue seemed missing.
Ethnographically it belongs to Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia, because all the breeds of the South Pacific have gravitated to it by canoe-drift and intricately, degeneratively, and amazingly interbred.
On the mantelpiece stood two large pearl shells, obviously a pair, intricately carved by the patient hands of New Caledonian convicts.
Set distinctly in Australia, Wilson's unique and intricately established characters come to life on the page, and their imperfections and traumas are portrayed naturally and honestly through her firmly grounded yet imaginative voice.
Ranging from intricately crafted formal wear to gorgeous traditional wear, the exclusive designs looked great on Ranveer.
Rose, 31, was a vision as she headed into the chapel on the arm of her father clad in a billowing white gown with a lace bodice and intricately beaded veil that she secured on her tousled auburn hair.
Jhai's intricately baked a cake as homage to L Bu, a Chinese god of war.
"This intricately decorated artefact a window into the art of a lost era of early medieval royal society."
Hydrangea and Winter, first and second in the 1,000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown, give O'Brien a formidable hand while his son Joseph has a live contender in Intricately, who beat Rhododendron and Hydrangea in the Moyglare Stud Stakes.