Decorative
['dek(ə)rətɪv] or ['dɛkəretɪv]
Definition
(a.) Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.
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Examples
- She thought the praise not warm enough, and proceeded to direct attention to the various decorative points of her attire. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In due time, his course brought him to the door, and put him face to face with the decorative painting that you know of. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They deserve it, and besides, it costs no more after the pattern is made to give decorative effects than it would to make everything plain. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And was it her fault that the purely decorative mission is less easily and harmoniously fulfilled among social beings than in the world of nature? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mr. Franklin's universal genius, dabbling in everything, dabbled in what he called decorative painting. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The half of the pocket net not attached to the irons is tacked to the edge of the frame, underneath the bed, and covered with red leather, to withstand wear and for decorative effect. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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