Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an intricate manner; with involution or infoldings; with perplexity or intricacy.
- In entomology, with an intricate sculpture; closely but without coalescence: as, intricately punctured; intricately verrucose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an intricate manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
intricate manner; withinvolution orinfoldings ; withperplexity orintricacy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with elaboration
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Examples
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But the other stories are woven in intricately and smoothly (with only a few abstract jumps), mixing in Dante and Dostoyevsky to prove his point.
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Christie's (Oct. 5), Sotheby's (Oct. 5-6) and Bonhams (Oct. 7) will offer a trove of precious objects spanning the seventh to the 19th centuries such as intricately decorated weaponry, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, carvings, paintings and jewelry.
Buying Islamic, Indian Art Margaret Studer 2010
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That's what's needed to pull off the kind of intricately orchestrated tasting menu Cimarusti presents at Providence.
Providence Nabs 3 Stars From LA Times latimes.com 2010
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It's a kind of intricately detailed portrait of this quartet, their management styles, their philosophies, and how they rose to the top of the military establishment -- a real window into the military mind.
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It's hard not to see Treadwell's choice to remain longer and longer among the bears as a kind of intricately orchestrated suicide.
Archive 2005-08-01 K. A. Laity 2005
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It's hard not to see Treadwell's choice to remain longer and longer among the bears as a kind of intricately orchestrated suicide.
Review: Grizzly Man K. A. Laity 2005
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PROS: Well-conceived universe; intricately plotted and clearly explained; several story elements play well off each other; cool, large-scale ideas.
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With the aid of dealers, auctioneers, and other slightly dubious middle-men, the Prince Regent spent a lifetime picking off these limping antelopes at the edge of the luxury herd: exceedingly rare Sèvres models with royal (usually French) provenance; dessert services, loopy garnitures, wacky covered vases, and intricately perforated jars for pot-pourri, and thousands of other vessels that were disbursed as a direct result of the French Revolution.
Sèvres 2009
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Elementary-school children relish the challenge of finding visual clues in picture books, hence the popularity of intricately designed puzzle series such as "Spot Seven," "I Spy" and "Where's Waldo?"
A Walrus, a Bear, A Cat, Oh My! Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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“Time is simultaneous,” he explains in the comic to his girlfriend, Laurie, “an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every facet.”
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