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ornately, adv. (see the adj.) [f. ornate a. + -ly2.] In an ornate manner; with ornate language; ornamentally, elegantly; with decoration.
c1460G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 434 A king sholde enfourme his sone..to speke ornatly with equite. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 94 b, A solempne oracion, to whom the Emperors Secretary answered ornatly. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xviii. (1623) 922 He rehearsed them the same matter againe..so well and ornately, so euidently and plaine. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 342 Some of the ornately sculptured foliage. |