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intricacy

[in-tri-kuh-see] / ˈɪn trɪ kə si /
NOUN
complication
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Antonyms
STRONG


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Julianne Moore, on the other hand, brings a less polished intricacy to her roles.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

To her right stood Brandon Ross, whose searing yet disarmingly tender electric guitar tones built like waves, exploded like starbursts or sketched lines of staggering intricacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Under it all, though, is an alluring intricacy in the instrumental ensemble.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Is there some greater design, some genius, some intricacy behind their businesses and the people they talk to, or their companies’ structure?

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2025

Sedges and ferns and graceful bulrush would be planted on the banks of the Wooded Island to conjure density and intricacy and “to slightly screen, without hiding, flowers otherwise likely to be too obtrusive.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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