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DISENTANGLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disentangled mean?
• DISENTANGLED (adjective)
The adjective DISENTANGLED has 1 sense:
1. straightened out
Familiarity information: DISENTANGLED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Straightened out
Synonyms:
disentangled; loosened; unsnarled
Similar:
untangled (not tangled)
Context examples
Indeed, apart from the nature of the investigation which my friend had on hand, there was something in his masterly grasp of a situation, and his keen, incisive reasoning, which made it a pleasure to me to study his system of work, and to follow the quick, subtle methods by which he disentangled the most inextricable mysteries.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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