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comparative more intricate, superlative most intricate
Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity. quotations examples
His style of writing […] was […] fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding […] with the utmost clearness.
1715 May 15 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 39. Wednesday, May 4. ”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721
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.”
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company
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.
1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 149
third-person singular simple present intricates, present participle intricating, simple past and past participle intricated
(intransitive) To become enmeshed or entangled. quotations examples
[…] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23)
(transitive) To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate. quotations examples
But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated.
1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times