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. 49.8elaborate = 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. 117.9elaborate = exaggerated
- Count Olaf had a great number of very long speeches, which he performed with elaborate gestures and facial expressions.
p. 123.9 *
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)