Meaning & use
intricacy
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The quality of having many complexly arranged, interrelated parts; a complicated detail.
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The watchmaker admired the intricacy of the tiny gears.
Negotiators struggled with the intricacies of international trade law.
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Frequently used in the plural, "intricacies," to refer to the fine details of a complicated system or process.
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complexityelaborateness
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