All 4 Uses
ornate
in
Throne of Glass
(Auto-generated)
- On an ornate redwood throne sat a handsome young man.†
p. 5.9ornate = having lots of decorative detail
- She found herself torn between the hunting daggers and a lovely rapier with an ornate bell-guard.†
p. 81.5
- She was clad not in her usual white gown, but rather in a dark tunic and loose trousers, and she clutched an ornately carved wooden staff in one hand.†
p. 130.8 *ornately = with much decorative detail
- She peered at the other end of the massive hall; there were a few other grates just below the ceiling, though she could see no other squinting eyes beyond their ornate metalwork.†
p. 177.4ornate = having lots of decorative detail
Definitions:
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(1)
(ornate) highly decorative or elaborate in style — whether in appearance (with lots of detail) or in language that sounds flowery and overly complicated
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)