Elaborately
[ɪ'læbərɪtli]
Examples
- Such an elaborately developed, perplexing, exciting dream was certainly never dreamed by a girl in Eustacia's situation before. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He would analyze his own machinations: elaborately contrive plots, and forthwith indulge in explanatory boasts of their skill. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Most of the young demoiselles are robed in a cloud of white from head to foot, though many trick themselves out more elaborately. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Its second rising displayed a more elaborately prepared scene than the last. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Whatever she said he affected not to hear distinctly, and she was obliged to go over each elaborately-constructed nothing twice. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They persist in not being frightened by the gold and silver camels, and they are banded together to defy the elaborately chased ice-pails. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Hairs, like feathers, are long and elaborately specialized scales. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I beg your pardon, Mr. Jennings, said Betteredge, in his most elaborately confidential manner. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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