Both Uses of
elaborate
in
The Devil's Arithmetic
- Whether it was a dream or an elaborate game, she'd show them all she was a good sport.
Chpt 4 *elaborate = detailed and complicated
- The whole household seemed so reasonable, she had to keep reminding herself it was all a stage setting in some kind of elaborate dream.
Chpt 4elaborate = having details and complexity
Definition:
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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