intricacy
noun
in·tri·ca·cy
ˈin-tri-kə-sē 
plural intricacies
1
: the quality or state of being intricate
2
: something intricate
the intricacies of a plot
Synonyms
Examples of intricacy in a Sentence
She admired the composition for its beauty and intricacy.
I had trouble following all the intricacies in the plot.
the intricacies of English grammar
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Periodic issues with panning and mix – which were more common at the start of the run, as Phish’s team learned Sphere’s acoustic intricacies – notwithstanding, Sphere’s audio significantly elevated even the slightest of songs.
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Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
During her keynote conversation, Ryan discussed the intricacies of marketing across platforms for linear and streaming audiences.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
The harder scenarios requires quick reaction time and knowing the intricacies of the abilities such as the cool-down time on a directional dash.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
As an experienced developer, Diogo became actively involved in the community development of Odoo Suite on public platforms where software professionals share and discuss coding intricacies.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
Sudan said that paper helped computer scientists recognize degrees of randomness that could help reveal the intricacies of hard problems and how to solve them.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
There are countless other intricacies to High Valyrian verbs, yet, for Peterson, even producing this lone grammatical feature required simulating generations of linguistic change.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
Organizational complexity, combined with the evolving intricacies of marketing as a discipline, demands continuous adaptation and creative problem-solving.
—Bruno Gralpois, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The mathematical intricacies behind AZDecrypt are intense—but just for reference, the codebreakers say their program can solve up to 200 homophonic substitution ciphers per second with a 99 percent accuracy rate.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024
Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
During her keynote conversation, Ryan discussed the intricacies of marketing across platforms for linear and streaming audiences.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
The harder scenarios requires quick reaction time and knowing the intricacies of the abilities such as the cool-down time on a directional dash.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
As an experienced developer, Diogo became actively involved in the community development of Odoo Suite on public platforms where software professionals share and discuss coding intricacies.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
Sudan said that paper helped computer scientists recognize degrees of randomness that could help reveal the intricacies of hard problems and how to solve them.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
There are countless other intricacies to High Valyrian verbs, yet, for Peterson, even producing this lone grammatical feature required simulating generations of linguistic change.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
Organizational complexity, combined with the evolving intricacies of marketing as a discipline, demands continuous adaptation and creative problem-solving.
—Bruno Gralpois, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The mathematical intricacies behind AZDecrypt are intense—but just for reference, the codebreakers say their program can solve up to 200 homophonic substitution ciphers per second with a 99 percent accuracy rate.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024
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intricacy
noun
in·tri·ca·cy
ˈin-tri-kə-sē
plural intricacies
1
: the quality or state of being intricate
2
: something intricate
the intricacies of the plot
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