intricately

/ˈɪntɹəkətli/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

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"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.""

Etymology tree English intricate Middle English -ly English -ly English intricately From intricate + -ly.

more intricately (comparative) most intricately (superlative)

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How do you pronounce intricately?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪntɹəkətli/.

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Where does intricately come from?

Etymology tree English intricate Middle English -ly English -ly English intricately From intricate + -ly.

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