elaborately

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adverb

In an elaborate manner.

Similar
intricatelyin an elaborate way
UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

adverbelaborately (comparative more elaborately, superlative most elaborately)

comparative more elaborately · superlative most elaborately

  1. In an elaborate manner.

    Malcolm seeks help via the Internet but not before he has elaborately explicit “sex” with Abigail, easily among the most offensively tasteless gross-outs in a movie that delights in them.

    2014 April 19, Stephen Schaefer, “Wayans’ ‘Haunted’ sequel fails to scare up laughs”, in Boston Herald, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2020, retrieved 22 Apr 2014
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    Glamour for its own sake is not something I have ever been particularly interested in," Stella McCartney said backstage after her catwalk show. Which could sound like a facetious statement from a fashion designer who was, at that moment, standing among the marble-slabbed floors, elaborately frescoed ceilings and giant chandeliers of the Palais Garnier opera house, where the show was staged.

    2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbwith elaboration

Similar
intricatelyin an elaborate way
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

elaborately. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elaborately

MLA

“elaborately.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elaborately. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elaborately,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elaborately.

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