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elaborately

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e·lab·o·rate  (-lbr-t)
adj.
1. Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details.
2. Intricate and rich in detail.
v. (-lb-rt) e·lab·o·rat·ed, e·lab·o·rat·ing, e·lab·o·rates
v.tr.
1. To work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly.
2. To produce by effort; create.
v.intr.
1. To become elaborate.
2. To express at greater length or in greater detail: asked me to elaborate on my proposal.

[Latin labrtus, past participle of labrre, to work out : -, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + labrre, to work (from labor, work).]

e·labo·rate·ly adv.
e·labo·rate·ness n.
e·labo·ration n.
e·labo·rator n.
Synonyms: elaborate, complicated, intricate
These adjectives mean marked by complexity of detail: an elaborate lace pattern; the eye, a complicated organ; an intricate problem.
Antonym: simple
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.elaborately - with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out"
Translations
elaborately [ɪˈlæbərɪtlɪ] ADV
1. (= ornately) [decorated, carved, dressed] → de forma muy elaborada; [describe] → de forma muy detallada, de forma muy minuciosa; [bow] → con mucha afectación
2. (= carefully) [planned] → cuidadosamente, minuciosamente
elaborately [ɪˈlæbərətli] adv (= in great detail) [planned] → avec minutie
(= richly) [decorated, gilded, embroidered, carved] → avec recherche; [costumed] → avec recherche
elaborately
adv
(= carefully)sorgfältig; (= in detail)ausführlich; (= complexly)kompliziert; an elaborately staged press conferenceeine mit großem Aufwand veranstaltete Pressekonferenz; elaborately casualbetont lässig
(= ornately, lavishly)kunstvoll; elaborately costumedaufwendig or aufwändig kostümiert
elaborately [ɪˈlæbrɪtlɪ] adv (done, prepared, planned) → minuziosamente; (written, dressed, styled) → con ricercatezza
elaborately [ɪˈlæbrɪtlɪ] adv (done, prepared, planned) → minuziosamente; (written, dressed, styled) → con ricercatezza


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Throughout the Pacific, and also in Nantucket, and New Bedford, and Sag Harbor, you will come across lively sketches of whales and whaling-scenes, graven by the fishermen themselves on Sperm Whale-teeth, or ladies' busks wrought out of the Right Whale-bone, and other like skrimshander articles, as the whalemen call the numerous little ingenious contrivances they elaborately carve out of the rough material, in their hours of ocean leisure.
I was too tired and out of spirits to eat or drink much, especially with the solemn servant waiting on me as elaborately as if a small dinner party had arrived at the house instead of a solitary man.
One exception there was, however, in a very antique elbow-chair, with a high back, carved elaborately in oak, and a roomy depth within its arms, that made up, by its spacious comprehensiveness, for the lack of any of those artistic curves which abound in a modern chair.
 
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