ornamental
adjective
used or grown for ornament.
ornamentally
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a word derived from
ornamental.
Example Sentences
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After blooming, you can remove the faded flower stems to leave a basal cluster of leaves that persists ornamentally through the winter.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2018
For the new tracks with yMusic, the textures of the ensemble instruments – string trio, flute, clarinet, trumpet – are not ornamentally grafted on the music: they are the music.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2015
As described in the booklet, the hike also includes a visit to the ornamentally carved Nalaknad Palace, built in 1791 by Veerarajendra, the embattled ruler of Coorg.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2010
To each of his instructors he sent, elaborately done up as a Christmas gift, a large chamber pot with the recipient's name ornamentally inscribed in the bottom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great tragedians accept the myths in the aggregate, but decline them in particulars; some of the poets transform or allegorize them; some use them ornamentally, as graceful decorations.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
