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intricacy

1 of 1noun
/ˈɪntrɪkəsi/
Forms:intricacies
1

a high degree of precision, care, and fine details in something

  • The lace shawl had such intricacy in its floral stitch pattern.
  • Scientists were amazed by the biological machine's molecular intricacy.
  • Explaining the plot required unpacking the story's layer upon layer of intricacy.