Both Uses of
elaborate
in
Great Expectations
- On Sundays, she went to church elaborated.†
Chpt 7 *elaborated = added details or explained in detail
- Joe put his mouth into the forms of returning such a highly elaborate answer, that I could make out nothing of it but the single word "Pip."†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan) add details or explain in detail
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(2)
(elaborate as in: an elaborate design) having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornateDepending 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
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(3)
(elaborate as in: an elaborate wink) to exaggerate an actionAt times, this sense of elaborate can further imply that an action was exaggerated by prolonging it (performing it more slowly than normal).
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)