All 3 Uses of
elaborate
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- When she found the entire fence whitewashed, and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak added to the ground, her astonishment was almost unspeakable.†
Chpt 3
- Now appeared Joe Harper, as airily clad and elaborately armed as Tom.†
Chpt 8 *
- He took another step back, with the same elaboration and the same risks; then another and another, and—a twig snapped under his foot!†
Chpt 29 *
Definitions:
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(elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan) add details or explain in detail
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(elaborate as in: an elaborate design) having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornateeditor's notes: Depending upon it's context, this sense of elaborate can additionally imply that details make something either:
- more special than others of its kind in a good way
- more complicated than necessary in a bad way