Both Uses of
elaborate
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- Snape nodded, but did not elaborate.†
Chpt 1 *
- The article was topped with a picture showing another familiar face: a woman wearing jeweled glasses with elaborately curled blonde hair, her teeth bared in what was clearly supposed to be a winning smile, wiggling her fingers up at him.†
Chpt 2 *
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