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单词 plotty
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Definition of plotty in English:

plotty

adjective ˈplɒtiˈplädē
informal
  • (of a novel, play, or film) having an excessively elaborate or complicated plot.

    in as plotty a play as this, the background story remains elusive to the last
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The film does lean heavily on its plotty mechanics.
    • It's a disappointing scene, I think, because we're in the middle where nothing plotty is happening.
    • At these moments, the film, which is mostly a plotty and deeply self-admiring tale about British code-breakers during WWII, turns funny, even witty.
    • It was, for want of a better word, plotty in silly ways - nothing felt like it happened.
    Synonyms
    complicated, complex, involved, intricate, elaborate, impenetrable, serpentine, labyrinthine, tortuous, tangled, byzantine, daedalian, gordian
 
 

Definition of plotty in US English:

plotty

adjectiveˈplädē
informal
  • (of a novel, play, or movie) having an excessively elaborate or complicated plot.

    in as plotty a play as this, the background story remains elusive to the last
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a disappointing scene, I think, because we're in the middle where nothing plotty is happening.
    • It was, for want of a better word, plotty in silly ways - nothing felt like it happened.
    • The film does lean heavily on its plotty mechanics.
    • At these moments, the film, which is mostly a plotty and deeply self-admiring tale about British code-breakers during WWII, turns funny, even witty.
    Synonyms
    complicated, complex, involved, intricate, elaborate, impenetrable, serpentine, labyrinthine, tortuous, tangled, byzantine, daedalian, gordian
 
 
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