It was elaborately spelled out. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : elaborate preparations; elaborate care. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to elaborate upon a theme or an idea. From Dictionary.com.
Shaping the word elaborately, she made a wry face over it. From Wordnik.com. [King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties] Reference
Among the foremost rides a young woman in elaborately beaded buckskin dress. From Wordnik.com. [American Indian Stories] Reference
It has gone from marching bands and Up With People to attention-getting pop stars in elaborately produced spectacles. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Jackson's halftime stunt fuels indecency debate] Reference
And this was a triumph of that not uncommon line of nursery policy which consists in elaborately misleading the infant mind for good. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances] Reference
In the corners, underneath pink bougainvillea, tamboras -- musicians garbed in elaborately decorate outfits -- play their instruments. From Wordnik.com. [Jerez, Zacatecas: a magical town] Reference
Before the trial, he mailed off all his court documents to family members in elaborately decorated envelopes so prison personnel wouldn't read them. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Panetti] Reference
And there are large-scale pieces, such as elaborately painted terracotta sarcophagi. From Wordnik.com. [Minoans in Manhattan] Reference
It was certainly a most elaborately grotesque combat. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
I studied my elaborately torn cuticles like maps, ways of being. From Wordnik.com. [Miniature Golf] Reference
Hawkeye was talking to Nulty, elaborately simulating ignorance of. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
It is an elaborately choreographed bit of manipulation, on many levels. From Wordnik.com. [Base Instinct] Reference
A small, airy-looking table, elaborately mounted in gilt, may stand near. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Blassemare, meanwhile, made his toilet elaborately, and by ten o'clock was in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The candidates have developed elaborately studied and rehearsed positions on the war. From Wordnik.com. [This Won’t Be The Iraq Election] Reference
Even the scrimping middle class dresses formally -- and all too elaborately at times. From Wordnik.com. [Global Grunge: It's Not Just Ugle Americans] Reference
Beginning this spring, Jon, 30, is bringing his elaborately styled clothing into the mainstream. From Wordnik.com. [Anand Jon] Reference
The ceilings are elaborately frescoed, while the walls and niches are adorned with works of art. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
The high backs of the chairs were elaborately carved, the seats being of the same green velvet as the settee. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
"These clothes, which fit so perfectly on the outside, were elaborately constructed on the inside," McGuigan says. From Wordnik.com. [Bylines] Reference
Inside was a 20-foot stone panel, elaborately carved with scenes of battle between armed horsemen and charioteers. From Wordnik.com. [Grave Robbers] Reference
Horticulture was extensively and elaborately practised, both for use and pleasure; and the Pharaohs, like Solomon. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Trade shows thrive on fantasy, which is why you see elaborately constructed stages that look like Hollywood sets at some. From Wordnik.com. [PMA09: The camera industry learns to adjust] Reference
Also, don't think that your locks must be elaborately knotted up -- with those lame curly tendrils -- in order to be formal. From Wordnik.com. [Style: A Night To Forget] Reference
Writers and broadcasters were not immune – even in late old age, on a whim, he would cancel elaborately set up interviews. From Wordnik.com. [Mitch Miller obituary] Reference
They were elaborately fitted up with all things necessary for luxury and comfort, such as beds, bathtubs, electric lights, etc. From Wordnik.com. [In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France] Reference
When all those limos pull up to the red carpet at the Oscars this month, some will be outfitted more elaborately than the stars. From Wordnik.com. [Full-Metal Traffic Jam] Reference
This somewhat elaborately upholstered old world has a deal of mere filling of one kind and another, and Mr. Herne is a part of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Hank Aaron's video tribute to Barry Bonds was the final act in an elaborately choreographed production by the San Francisco Giants. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball: How the Giants Got Aaron's Nod to Bonds] Reference
Both are long, sometimes long-winded, packed with elaborately inventive plotlines, digressions, explanations and multiple characters. From Wordnik.com. [Rick Moody 'Takes The Inane And Makes It Sincere' In 'The Four Fingers Of Death'] Reference
It is a fine machine, its wheels elaborately cobwebbed, and a thick layer of the limey dust that collects in garages lies on the seat. From Wordnik.com. [LIGHT FINGERS] Reference
The young man bowed rather too elaborately Anne thought, and a wave of dislike swept over her as she rather coldly acknowledged the introduction. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
It is difficult to imagine a more elaborately controlled electoral charade; and yet, soon after the vote on June 12, the general vetoed the results. From Wordnik.com. [Elections Aren't Democracy] Reference
Her baby is sleeping in the peaceful darkness of the parents 'bedroom, in an elaborately-decorated cot that testifies to how glad they are to have her. From Wordnik.com. [Between life, birth and death] Reference
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