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ornately

ornately adverb: in an ornate manner.

Adverb

ornately (comparative more ornately, superlative most ornately)

  1. In an ornate manner.

Forms of ornately

comparativemore ornately
superlativemost ornately

Origin of ornately

From Middle English ornatly; equivalent to ornate + -ly.

Questions about ornately

What does ornately mean?
Ornately means in an ornate manner.
What part of speech is ornately?
Ornately is an adverb.

Words near ornately in the dictionary

  1. ornate shrew
  2. ornate shrews
  3. ornate tinamou
  4. ornate tinamous
  5. ornated
  6. ornately
  7. ornateness
  8. ornatenesses
  9. ornates
  10. ornatest
  11. ornating

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