The cradle was ornately carved. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa. ,an ornate style of writing. From Dictionary.com.
Plush fabrics drape the walls, along with Baroque paintings in ornately-gilded frames. From Wordnik.com. [Currency Chaos: Where Do We Go From Here?] Reference
I'm a princess in a palaceThe interior is beautiful, in a kind of ornately cheesy way. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
It was a locket, very heavily and ornately carved. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
An ornately tooled leather jewel box sat atop the dresser. From Wordnik.com. [Death on the River Walk]
Her army guarded the ornately carved doors to her apartments. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
On one shelf was a large, clear sphere on an ornately shaped stand. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaway Asteroid] Reference
Mamut appeared, dressed in an ornately decorated white leather cape. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
No simple engraving on their marker, this stone was ornately carved. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Archdeacon Peter sat on a large, ornately carved chair like a throne. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
"A present," Whandall said, and held out the ornately decorated knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning City]
Among Maggie Q's three tattoos is a large, ornately drawn Phoenix rising. From Wordnik.com. [In Focus: Nikita Star Maggie Q Embraces Her Inner Femme Fatale] Reference
The wallboards for many were ornately carved, not found on anything modern. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
And as you say, it is an ornately decorated room, with frescoes and tapestries. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2005] Reference
She kept the treasure in an ornately carved Oriental box on top of her dresser. From Wordnik.com. [For The Roses]
They walked into the building, into an enormous living room, ornately decorated. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Forever]
Another ornately noted that he attended a "Long Island Legal Conference" in 1996. From Wordnik.com. [Tell No One]
Cass spied a very old, ornately carved wooden box perched on a highboy in the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Angels and Outlaws]
His dark hair trailed after him like a banner, ornately braided in the manner of the desert. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
Selene's voice was exultant as her gaze rested on the ornately worked chest on Loial's saddle. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hunt]
That makes the Kosmoceratops (koz-mo-SARA'-tops) the most ornately adorned dinosaur known to man. From Wordnik.com. [Kosmoceratops, Utahceratops: Horniest Dinosaur Species Ever Discovered In Utah, Closely Related To Triceratops] Reference
Witweet had nothing upon him except an ornately embroidered kimono and a sash tied in a pink bow. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
"It is to that," said he ornately, "that I owe the honor of joining this brilliant company to-night.". From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of To-Day] Reference
I'm sure the Doctor felt grand to have two such ornately dressed women kneeling at his feet that way. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
The apprentice noticed that Urza's eyes did not leave the ornately scribed scroll now spread before them. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
The Grand Court, an immense space, was decorated ornately for every season, but particularly at Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [A Unique Instrument] Reference
This was the ornately beautiful iron gate which separated the Cour du Carrousel from the Cour des Tuileries. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
It is exactly like the other figure, with the hands over the belly, aproned and ornately tasseled on its left. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
If you cannot transpose the object, transport it, however simply, however ornately, then of what use is poetry?. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Kayla smiled and slumped into one of her chairs, a heavy, throne-like monster with ornately carved arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
The capital of the ancient Nabataean people, Petra was ornately carved into the pink sandstone cliffside 2,000 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient City of Petra] Reference
There was an oak staircase with an ornately carved banister to the right, doors leading into other apartments to the left. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
Here, the outside of a pale-green apartment building near the Moscow Conservatory is studded with ornately painted birdhouses. From Wordnik.com. [Moscow Deco] Reference
In no period was jewelry worn more ornately, or with greater display, we might almost say ostentation, than in the age of Shakespeare. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from] Reference
The servant that had fetched and guided him through the city hurried across an ornately carved bridge and disappeared among the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Voice of the Gods]
Young girls dress much more ornately than older women, you see, which means brighter colors and showier fabrics, but also a longer obi. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
The shop displays many reasons to lighten your wallet including silk wrap blouses in jewel tones and ornately embroidered wall hangings. From Wordnik.com. [City Walk: Luang Prabang] Reference
Jumai and gai'shain climbed the long ramp that led to the great building's door and walked the ornately carved balconies that ringed it. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
In the middle was a backrest, an ornately decorated hide stretched across a mammoth bone frame that had been lashed together with rawhide. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
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