All 3 Uses of
elaborate
in
Seventeenth Summer
- They are the more popular crowd at high school and every evening about half-past seven they gather to stand talking together with elaborate unconcern, while in actuality they are sharply watching the cars going by to see what fellows and girls are out together; they watch to see who is having a Coke with whom and to report any violations on the part of the girls who are supposed to be going steady.
Chpt June *elaborate = exaggerated
- "Boys like him," she explained with elaborate patience, "and girls like him too--but, well, they don't go out with him … unless they're that kind.†
Chpt June
- a woman with a large, toothy smile came over, saying with elaborate politeness, "Mustn't touch, girls!"†
Chpt Augu *
Definitions:
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(elaborate as in: an elaborate wink) to exaggerate an actioneditor's notes: At times, this sense of elaborate can further imply that an action was exaggerated by prolonging it (performing it more slowly than normal).
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(elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan) add details or explain in detail