All 4 Uses

elaborate
in
The Bad Beginning
(Edited)

They passed the Fickle Fountain, an elaborately carved monument that occasionally spat out water in which young children played.
p. 17.1 *

elaborately = with much detail or complexity
Filled with gears and pulleys and wires and an elaborate computer system.
p. 49.8

elaborate = complex
Gesturing to the short-haired woman to raise the curtain, he strode to the exact center of the stage and took elaborate bows as the curtain came up.
p. 117.9

elaborate = exaggerated
Count Olaf had a great number of very long speeches, which he performed with elaborate gestures and facial expressions.
p. 123.9 *

Definitions:

(1) (elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan)
add details or explain in detail
(2) (elaborate as in: an elaborate design)
having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornate
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
or:
- more complicated than necessary in a bad way
(3) (elaborate as in: an elaborate wink)
to exaggerate an action

At 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)