ornately
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Metres away, other photographers yelled instructions to ornately dressed young women who held their fingers in victory signs and arched their backs for the camera.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
He enlisted three men to help him carry the ornately engraved silver case weighing around 180 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The ballroom will be roughly 90,000 square feet “of ornately designed and carefully crafted space” that can seat about 650 people.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
Black-and-white photographs gave a glimpse of Peter's early life, far removed from his son's modest upbringing in London - they showed a chauffeur-driven Mercedes, mansions staffed by servants, staircases ornately carved with angels.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
Enormous crystal chandeliers hung shimmering from high, ornately plastered ceilings.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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