Intricacy is the state of being made up of many small parts or details.
The price depends on the intricacy of the work. [+ of]
2. plural noun
The intricacies of something are its complicated details.
Rose explained the intricacies of the job. [+ of]
More Synonyms of intricacy
intricacy in American English
(ˈɪntrɪkəsi)
noun
1.
the quality or state of being intricate; complexity
2. Word forms: pluralˈintricacies
something intricate; involved matter, proceeding, etc.
Examples of 'intricacy' in a sentence
intricacy
Your effortless ability to explain the intricacies of monetary policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Career mode helps you learn the games intricacies.
The Sun (2010)
Weather radar is a good safety device but not all pilots understand its intricacies.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He taught individuals to read and understand the intricacies of planning law.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
At times it seems investigators did not understand the financial intricacies on which their allegations were based.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She was little interested in the tactical movements of armies, the intricacies of politics.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Though affable, this man takes no prisoners as he explains the intricacies of the machine.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So what if new fans don't understand the intricacies of the game?
The Sun (2006)
In a big game, half the crowd may not understand the intricacies of the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We're all aiming to master the intricacies of perfectly timed planting design.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Otherwise you'd understand the intricacies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
AND poised to discuss the intricacies of the road pricing rip-off.
The Sun (2007)
The council has also worked to explain the intricacies of the tax regime to our US cousins.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
After that, the arithmetic becomes increasingly complex and would require a cold compress over the forehead if one tried to explain its many intricacies.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Now is not the moment to discuss the intricacies of food combining, but it is amazing how a little portion control goes a long way.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Neither Colin nor I understand the intricacies of money so we pay people who do.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
As he explained the intricacies of his chimney venting, I felt a desire to take a nap.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
DRY and dusty textbooks explaining the intricacies of the Warsaw Pact are unlikely to get schoolkids interested in history.
The Sun (2013)
With so few politicians having worked in research, few of them instinctively grasp the intricacies of the system 's reliance on this sort of serendipity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
intricacy
British English: intricacy NOUN
Intricacy is the state of being made up of many small parts or details.
The price depends on the intricacy of the work.
American English: intricacy
Brazilian Portuguese: complexidade
Chinese: 复杂精细
European Spanish: complejidad
French: complexité
German: Kompliziertheit
Italian: complessità
Japanese: 複雑さ
Korean: 복잡함
European Portuguese: complexidade
Latin American Spanish: complejidad
(noun)
Garments are priced according to the intricacy of the work.
Synonyms
complexity
a diplomatic problem of great complexity
involvement
complication
Her poetry was characterised by a complication of imagery and ideas.
elaborateness
obscurity
Hunt was irritated by the obscurity of his reply.
entanglement
convolutions
involution
intricateness
knottiness
Additional synonyms
in the sense of complication
Her poetry was characterised by a complication of imagery and ideas.