Both Uses of
elaborate
in
Fearless
- "Thanks, baby," Adam said without elaborating.†
p. 238.5 *elaborating = adding details or explaining in detail
- One of the more exciting tasks he'd been assigned was assisting a sailor who had been injured in the jungle, Adam said, but he wouldn't elaborate on the story, simply saying that he "helped with the medevac."†
p. 157.9 *
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).