adjective
1. obsolete : covert , secretive , underhand
plain and direct, not crafty and involved — Francis Bacon
2. obsolete : involute , twisted
3.
a. : complicated , intricate
involved poem
involved sentence
the music becomes more involved — Warwick Braithwaite
cup with sturdy base and involved handle — W.E.Cox
b. : confused , tangled
at his death … left his affairs dreadfully involved — Jane Austen
4. : affected , implicated
far … from an involved understanding of normal human emotions — Robert Bingham
dealing with … the most severely involved patients — R.J.Thomas
Synonyms: see complex