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elaborately — 1630s, see ELABORATE (Cf. elaborate) (adj.) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) … Etymology dictionary
elaborately — adv. Elaborately is used with these adjectives: ↑carved Elaborately is used with these verbs: ↑decorate, ↑design, ↑embroider, ↑stage … Collocations dictionary
elaborately — elaborate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ involving many carefully arranged parts; detailed and complicated. ► VERB 1) develop or present in detail. 2) (elaborate on) add more detail to (something already said). DERIVATIVES elaborately adverb elaborateness noun … English terms dictionary
elaborately — adverb with elaboration (Freq. 1) it was elaborately spelled out • Syn: ↑intricately, ↑in an elaborate way • Derived from adjective: ↑intricate (for: ↑intricately), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Elaborately — Elaborate E*lab o*rate, a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See {Labor}.] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elaborately — adverb see elaborate I … New Collegiate Dictionary
elaborately — See elaborate. * * * … Universalium
elaborately — adv. with great detail and complexity; intricately, ornately … English contemporary dictionary
elaborately — elab·o·rate·ly … English syllables
Mithridate — Elaborately gilded drug jar for storing mithridate. By Annibale Fontana, about 1580 90. Courtesy, J. Paul Getty Museum. This article is about the remedy; Mithridate is also a 1673 play by Jean Racine. For other uses, see Mithridates Mithridate,… … Wikipedia
