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Ornately

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or·nate  (ôr-nt)
adj.
1. Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented.
2. Flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner; flowery.

[Middle English, from Latin rntus, past participle of rnre, to embellish; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

or·nately adv.
or·nateness n.
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Adv.1.ornately - in an ornate manner; "the cradle was ornately carved"


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He writes too ornately, too laconically, with too great a wealth of imagery and imagination.
 
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