Elaborately

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare
     to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See
     {Labor}.]
     Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied;
     executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate
     discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. --Waller.
  
     Syn: Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.
          -- {E*lab"o*rate*ly}, adv. -- {E*lab"o*rate*ness}, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elaborately
       adv : with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out" [syn: {intricately},
              {in an elaborate way}]