intricate
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make: an intricate machine.
Origin of intricate
1Other words for intricate
Other words from intricate
- in·tri·cate·ly, adverb
- in·tri·cate·ness, noun
- un·in·tri·cate, adjective
- un·in·tri·cate·ly, adverb
- un·in·tri·cate·ness, noun
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How to use intricate in a sentence
Densely-packed sensors provide intricate and ultra-sensitive feelings of touch.
The paper offers an intricate range of values with attached confidence levels, error bars, and conservative and optimistic estimates.
There Could Be 300 Million (or More) Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy | Jason Dorrier | November 8, 2020 | Singularity HubA wastewater pretreatment specialist, Carson was looking for a manhole that could give her access to the intricate sewage pipes below, but she couldn’t find it.
Old sewers are becoming a modern Covid-19 watchdog | Katherine Ellen Foley | October 29, 2020 | QuartzThe intricate interdependence of our physical, social, and political systems has left humans vulnerable, something that covid-19 has highlighted.
Even under normal circumstances, Amazon’s global distribution network represents one of the planet’s most complicated logistics systems—an intricate dance of places, people, and technology whose choreography moves millions of packages a day.
This ace engineer powered Amazon through the COVID crisis | Aaron Pressman | October 19, 2020 | Fortune
Saudi society and government are intricately intertwined with a puritanical flavor of Islam, Wahhabism.
Will Saudi Arabia Execute Guest Workers for 'Witchcraft'? | Michael Schulson | March 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFilm was an outlet, and the intricately crafted pieces—regardless of who made them—told their own stories.
Outfits have become so intricately planned—and more times than not, without considering the actress and her role.
His runways are always filled with intricately tailored separates, soft gowns, and lush fabrics.
Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, & Calvin Klein New York Fashion Week | Erin Cunningham | February 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe solution, said Schmidt and Bitonti, was to design thousands of intricately woven joints.
For seven weeks now he had lived with it intricately and intimately, as the case shoved everything else right off the news-stat.
We're Friends, Now | Henry HasseHer hat was of woven nipa palm-leaves, intricately fashioned together.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamThank Hanbury for this glimpse of them, most intricately situated Pair; who may concern us a little in the sequel.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleThe intellectual and the social evolution are closely and intricately connected, and each reacts upon the other.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenGold, intricately engraved in an Arabesque pattern, and set in the center with a single diamond.
The Eyes Have It | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for intricate
/ (ˈɪntrɪkɪt) /
difficult to understand; obscure; complex; puzzling
entangled or involved: intricate patterns
Origin of intricate
1Derived forms of intricate
- intricacy or intricateness, noun
- intricately, adverb
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