intricacy
intricacy
Definition
in·tri·cacy (in′tri kə sē)
noun
- the quality or state of being intricate; complexity
- pl. -·cies something intricate; involved matter, proceeding, etc.
intricacy
Synonyms
intricacy
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- politics: In August, sunshine is far more important than the intricacies of European politics.
- plot: The film is an esthetic feast, but don't let that distract you from the haunting intricacy of the plot and the performances.
- behavior: From huge databanks of molecular structures, to the UK census or the intricacies of animal behavior, academics handle enormous amounts of data.
- relationship: It's also amazingly good on the intricacies of relationships.
- law: Take a lawyer out to dinner to discuss the intricacies of criminal law.
- office: Car could save nearly geico for example intricacies of office.
Possessives
- game: Ultimately, we could write all day about this and still not fully convey the game's intricacies.
Converse of object
- explain: Schools simply don't have the time to explain the intricacies of phonics to parents.
- grasp: Our survey however, suggests that a large number of agencies do not fully grasp the intricacies of how vouchers work.
- understand: I am only too aware at understanding the intricacies of wedding planning, having recently been married myself!
- master: But will I master the intricacies of getting out of a capsized kayak alive?
- explore: Instead of exploring the intricacies of a delicate subject, Moore rants at Bush from both sides, which only ends up being self-defeating.
- appreciate: Amateurs either ignore them or get into a mess because the do not appreciate the intricacies of setting a good policy.
Adjective modifier
- many: Which I would estimate to be a long-haul task with many intricacies to it.
- subtle: My pen recoils from inscribing all the rest of the indications: In the secret of secrets there are subtle intricacies.
- such: We gazed at the sturdy typewriter whose simple mechanisms had produced plots of such intricacy and language of such clarity and humor.
- technical: This is in line with a worldwide trend away from pure ice routes to the technical intricacies of mixed climbing.
- great: The greater intricacy of pop culture, Johnson concludes, might even have a neurological cause and effect.
- more: The ladies in the company of these gentlemen displayed in dress, bearing and manner alike, less emphasis and more intricacy.
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