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intricately

intricately

10 6.3
In a very detailed, complicated way with many small parts
  • adverb
  • /ˈɪntrɪkətli/
translation icon : intrincadamente
  • The main building consists of white and black marbles with intricately carved floral designs.
  • intricately linked
  • intricately intertwined
  • intricately tied

So it is intricately connected to that piece, right?

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Examples

  • We will become increasingly conscious of a magnificent, intricately ordered universe beyond anything our ancestors imagined.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Additionally, these themes were pervasive and intricately enmeshed within students' experiences of mobility.

    Academic text (2013)
  • So it is intricately connected to that piece, right?

  • I mean her face is so intricately drawn.

  • By then, the king was dead, and his intricately conceived garden was no longer in fashion.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In fact, global warming and changes in the water cycle are intricately linked.

    Academic text (2008)
  • It's all very intricately interconnected.

  • Metaphoric language and thought are intricately connected to our processing of reality.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Ecohydrology's fundamental concept is that the availability of freshwater is intricately linked with ecosystem processes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The main building consists of white and black marbles with intricately carved floral designs.

Synonyms

exquisitely
vsintricately
18 6.1

In a very careful and beautiful way

relies on multiple linked parts and complexity rather than aesthetic focus
elaborately
vsintricately
11 4.5

In a way that has many small details and rich decoration

emphasizes many interlinked parts rather than added planning or ornament
ornately
vsintricately
2 6.0

In a very decorated way with detailed designs like carved patterns or gold

points to connected detailed parts rather than decorative emphasis
complexly
vsintricately
1 7.0

In a way that has many connected parts and is hard to understand

focuses on detailed interconnection of parts rather than broad complication
twistedly
vsintricately
1 8.7

In a complicated way that is hard to follow

focuses on precise interconnection of parts rather than odd convolution
in an elaborate way
vsintricately
4.4

With many careful details and clear planning

stresses linked, detailed parts rather than only careful planning
sophisticatedly
vsintricately
7.3

In a complex and carefully made way

highlights many interconnected parts rather than general refinement or advancement

Antonyms

110 1.0

You do this in a plain way without extra things

How Detailed

ornately
2 6.0
elaborately
11 4.5
intricately
10 6.3
minutely
  • Formal
4 6.3
finely
30 2.4

Surface Forms

intricately positive

Morphology

intricately = intricate (transparent) = intricate + ly

The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'intricate' with the productive suffix '-ly', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word intricately comes from intricate, which originally meant 'entangled' or 'twisted together', like threads in a net. So, to do something intricately is to make it with many small, connected parts, which is 'in a very detailed and complicated way'.