intricately
/ˈɪntɹəkətli/IN-truh-kuht-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈɪntɹəkətli/IN-truh-kuht-lee
Meaningin an intricate way
Common meaning: in a very detailed and complex way
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- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- trictrifles; tanglesLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1897 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘in, into’ + ‘trifles’ → intricately
Journey through time
- Latintrīcae, -ārum‘trifles’
- Englishintricate‘very detailed and complex’
- Englishformed in English from intricateintricately‘in a very detailed and complex way’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from intricate + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INTRICATE, p.300 · scan
Roots
- trīcae, -ārum Latin “trifles; tangles”
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