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or·nate

(ôr-nāt′)

adj.

1. Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented.

2. Elaborate or showy, as in style: ornate rhetoric.

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

or·nate′ly adv.

or·nate′ness n.

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Adv.

ornately - in an ornate manner; "the cradle was ornately carved"

Translations

بِزُخْرُفَه كَثيرَه

túldíszítetten

skrautlega

in stile troppo elaborato

s bohatou výzdobou

süslü şekilde

华丽地装饰地

ornately

[ɔːˈneɪtlɪ] ADV [carved, painted, designed] → con muchos adornos, de manera elaborada; [written] → en un estilo florido or (pej) recargado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ornately

adv → kunstvoll; describe → mit beredten Worten, umständlich (pej); written → in reicher Sprache

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ornate

(oːˈneit) adjective

with a lot of ornament. an ornate doorway.

orˈnately adverb

orˈnateness noun

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

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