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Synonyms for intricacy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-tri-kuh-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn trɪ kə si



Définition of intricacy

Origin :
  • c.1600, from intricate + -acy.
  • noun complication
Example sentences :
  • His household code was a marvel of intricacy and minuteness.
  • Extract from : « Sophy of Kravonia » by Anthony Hope
  • The consideration of promises, made under an error, is a subject of some intricacy.
  • Extract from : « The Rights of War and Peace » by Hugo Grotius
  • They vary very considerably in size, in form and in intricacy.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Pictorial History » by Henry W. Donald
  • The chess problem was deeper in its cunning and its intricacy.
  • Extract from : « British Secret Service During the Great War » by Nicholas Everitt
  • The blindness and intricacy of the route form the only difficulty.
  • Extract from : « Italian Alps » by Douglas William Freshfield
  • The intricacy introduced into the question by a passage of Procopius is greater.
  • Extract from : « Opuscula » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • I have quoted two verses to show the intricacy of the pattern.
  • Extract from : « Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry » by T. S. Eliot
  • It was early morning, scented with vanilla, and the intricacy of leaves was radiant.
  • Extract from : « The Sea and the Jungle » by H. M. Tomlinson
  • He was perplexed at no intricacy, he was daunted at no obstacle.
  • Extract from : « Olive Leaves » by Lydia Howard Sigourney
  • We like the intricacy and the vastness of the world in which we live.
  • Extract from : « The Kempton-Wace Letters » by Jack London

Antonyms for intricacy

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