intricate
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(satellite adjective) marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"; "intricate needlework" |
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Synonyms: elaborate, luxuriant |
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(satellite adjective) highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" |
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Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous |
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