complicated

[kom-pli-key-tid]

adjective

composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.

difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.: a complicated problem.

Origin of complicated

First recorded in 1640–50; complicate + -ed²

Related formscom·pli·cat·ed·ly, adverbcom·pli·cat·ed·ness, nounun·com·pli·cat·ed, adjective

Synonyms for complicated

2. involved, tangled, knotty.

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Examples from the Web for complicatedly

Historical Examples of complicatedly

This house is built about as complicatedly as a packing-box!
The Diamond Pin
Carolyn Wells
She's one of the most simply complicated and complicatedly simple women that I ever met.
The Kingdom Round the Corner
Coningsby Dawson
I have my suspicions of these simply complicated and complicatedly simple women.
The Kingdom Round the Corner
Coningsby Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for complicatedly

complicated

adjective

made up of intricate parts or aspects that are difficult to understand or analyse

Derived Formscomplicatedly, adverbcomplicatedness, noun

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Word Origin and History for complicatedly

complicated

adj.

1640s, "tangled," from past participle adjective from complicate. Figurative meaning "not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to unravel" is from 1650s.