plotty

American  

[plot-ee] / ˈplɒt i /

adjective

plottier, plottiest

1. characterized by the intricacies or complications of a plot or intrigue.

   a plotty novel whose narrative is hard to follow.

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Other Word Forms

• plottiness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of plotty

First recorded in 1895–1900; plot + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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plotty plottier

That’s why it was interesting to be a little more plotty, to be more in some genres I’m mashing up.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

“Well, here it feels like the protagonist is flinching,” she concludes, and “all the plotty stuff” might just be there to cover up some fundamental reluctance to examine himself too closely.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020

From risible little bully in season one to occasionally brave coward in seasons two and three, right through to friend of the Starks, imparter of important plotty information and bread-maker extraordinaire in season seven.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2019

One would hope that’s where the similarities end in a story that promises to be a provocative examination of moral culpability and mutual incomprehension and resentment, but winds up being a plotty, naughty potboiler.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2019

“Broad City” is less a sitcom and more a plotty sketch show, created, written and performed by comedians Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, real-life and on-screen best friends.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2014

The upshot is a good deal plottier, though, and the message less universal.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2018

Many of these new stories were longer and plottier than those that preceded them.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 22, 2016