intricately

English

Etymology

From intricate +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

intricately (comparative more intricately, superlative most intricately)

1. In an intricate manner; with involution or infoldings; with perplexity or intricacy.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 277:

     Charles followed the girl into the gallery, down which she was slowly proceeding, holding the little twisted scroll in her hand, and looking at it with that expression of fear and curiosity which seems to say, "Now, if you were not so intricately folded, I would open you and see your contents; but I shall not be able to replace these folds in proper order if I do—still, I have a great mind to try."

References

• “intricately”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “intricately”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.