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elaborative

elaborative adjective: serving to elaborate.

Adjective

elaborative (comparative more elaborative, superlative most elaborative)

  1. Serving to elaborate.
    • On the complex workout “A Whole New You,” he shifted between percussive accents and elaborative filigree, in a way that matched the flow of Mr. Frahm’s solo.2007 May 5, Nate Chinen, “A Young Saxophonist in Good Post-Bop Company”, in New York Times

Forms of elaborative

comparativemore elaborative
superlativemost elaborative

Words formed from elaborative

Questions about elaborative

What does elaborative mean?
Elaborative means serving to elaborate.
What part of speech is elaborative?
Elaborative is an adjective.

Words near elaborative in the dictionary

  1. elaboratest
  2. elaborating
  3. elaboration
  4. elaborational
  5. elaborations
  6. elaborative
  7. elaboratively
  8. elaborativeness
  9. elaborator
  10. elaboratories
  11. elaborators

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