Adjective : elaborate preparations; elaborate care. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to elaborate upon a theme or an idea. From Dictionary.com.
Mr. Chase with great elaborateness and great severity. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
She imparts something of her own elaborateness to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
They come in all flavors, thicknesses and elaborateness. From Wordnik.com. [Page 2] Reference
Preparations for the affair were made with great elaborateness. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
Many plays have failed because of over-elaborateness of detail. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
The value added has to allow for the elaborateness of the presentation. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Richard Barentine, January 28, 1999. Interview I-0068. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
The elaborateness of his hand movements belied the brevity of his response. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
Nowadays elaborateness of stage illusion has made spoiled children of us all. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
Daisy was not a Catholic, and I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Gatsby] Reference
According to the position of the family, should the elaborateness of entertainment be. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
The desire behind it moved me even as the elaborateness of the ruse elicted revulsion. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
There are other places in Mexico whose traditions and elaborateness are said to exceed Oaxaca's. From Wordnik.com. [Day of the Dead: death and decoration in Oaxaca] Reference
Axminsters, one in two or three weeks, depending of course upon the elaborateness and size of the pattern. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
In elaborateness the circular follows close on the catalogue, and it has quite as wide if not a wider field. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
Women wear costumes appropriate to the afternoon, more elegant in proportion to the elaborateness of the function. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
In some cases it atones somewhat by its richness and elaborateness of sculpture, as in the case of St. Thégonnec. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891] Reference
According to my guide, the level of elaborateness is dictated by the donations from villagers now working overseas. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Away] Reference
But Europe proposed to apply it on a scale and with an elaborateness of detail of which no former world ever dreamed. From Wordnik.com. [DARKWATER] Reference
In seaport towns, where the people depend on the water for their living, the celebration has much pomp and elaborateness. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference
May 23, 2006, 11: 01 am household bank mastercard says: household bank mastercard datum imitate elaborateness bid. meddler. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Weird self-knowledge:] Reference
The variety of food depends wholly upon the resources of the bride's parents and the size and elaborateness of the wedding. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
James, in all his elaborateness, trying to square the rose and compute the lily, algebraical advances upon a most simple thesis. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
After dinner the three boys went to Paul's room where Grant and Roy were astonished at the elaborateness of their friend's outfit. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland] Reference
Under Louis XIV and Louis XV the elaborateness of the French garden was even more an accentuated epitome of the tastes of the period. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
He thanked me with unwonted elaborateness for Force and Matter, of which I knew he would never read a line, and felt his way to the door. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XXIX] Reference
But the hand of the true artist was shown in these garments in that they were beautiful and in good taste in spite of their elaborateness. From Wordnik.com. [Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission] Reference
Its growth in elaborateness along with the growth of social forms, 1055-1061. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
He was rich and had many wealthy relations, hence the elaborateness of the ceremony of healing. From Wordnik.com. [Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Yet it is apparently composed with great elaborateness of dialogue, and incessant ambition of wit. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope] Reference
On the other hand books are plenty which give good moral advice with great elaborateness of detail. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Ethics] Reference
They played bridge, observing all the newest rulings, and speaking with great elaborateness of manner. From Wordnik.com. [Gigolo] Reference
Perhaps the most impressive tomb of the day, in terms of over-the-top elaborateness, was the Tomb of Khai Dinh. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Sometimes the fun of a misprint consists in its elaborateness and completeness, and sometimes in its simplicity. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Blunders] Reference
The gray squirrel is stately and beautiful in its play, but the red squirrel is amazing in its elaborateness of method. From Wordnik.com. [The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations] Reference
One thing leads to another until it all gets totally out of hand, both with elaborateness and scheduling, but also expense. From Wordnik.com. [Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles] Reference
The elaborateness or the perfection of the moral development in any given instance can do nothing to break down this distinction. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Law in the Spiritual World] Reference
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