Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elaborately

/ɪlˈæbɹətli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: elab-o-rate-ly
IPA: /ɪlˈæbɹətli/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an elaborate manner.

Example Sentences

"Malcolm seeks help via the Internet but not before he has elaborately explicit “sex” with Abigail, easily among the most offensively tasteless gross-outs in a movie that delights in them."
"Glamour for its own sake is not something I have ever been particularly interested in," Stella McCartney said backstage after her catwalk show. Which could sound like a facetious statement from a fashion designer who was, at that moment, standing among the marble-slabbed floors, elaborately frescoed ceilings and giant chandeliers of the Palais Garnier opera house, where the show was staged."

Etymology

Etymology tree English elaborate Middle English -ly English -ly English elaborately From elaborate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more elaborately (comparative) most elaborately (superlative)

Synonyms

intricately in an elaborate way

Questions

How do you pronounce elaborately?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪlˈæbɹətli/.
What does elaborately mean?: In an elaborate manner.
Where does elaborately come from?: Etymology tree English elaborate Middle English -ly English -ly English elaborately From elaborate + -ly.

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