— intricately , adv. — intricateness , n.
/in"tri kit/ , adj.
1. having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
2. complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make: an intricate machine.
[ 1375-1425; late ME intricatus, ptp. of intricare to entangle, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + tric ( ae ) perplexities + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. knotty, tangled, labyrinthine.