Definition of Decoratively

1. Adverb. In a decorative manner. "Used decoratively at Christmas"

Partainyms: Decorative

Definition of Decoratively

1. Adverb. In a decorative manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decoratively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decoratively

deconvolved
deconvolves
deconvolving
decoquinate
decor
decorable
decorament
decoraments
decorate
decorated
decorates
decorating
decoration
decorations
decorative
decoratively (current term)
decorativeness
decoratives
decorator
decorators
decore
decorement
decorements
decorin
decorous
decorously
decorousness
decorousnesses
decorrelate
decorrelated

Literary usage of Decoratively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... under the Ptolemaic dynasties, various river plants were employed decoratively and the lotus capital goes through Fio. i ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... under the Ptolemaic dynasties, various river plants were employed decoratively and the lotus capital goes through FIG. i. ..."

3. Publishers Weeklyby Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1902)
"decoratively bound 50 THE SECOND FROGGY FAIRY BOOK. Eighth Thousand. ... decoratively bound 50 ANDY AND THE IGNORAMUS, and Other Stories. By GR Brill. ..."

4. A Manual of Church Decoration and Symbolism by Ernest Geldart (1899)
"... be charged on shields, when these are used decoratively, in conjunction with figures of the saints ; or in any other position suitable and significant. ..."

5. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1909)
"There are only two ways of treating ceilings; namely, structurally and decoratively. The former consists of the decoration of the vaults, or the beams that ..."

6. Home Furnishing: Facts and Figures about Furniture, Carpets and Rugs, Lamps by George Leland Hunter (1913)
"The cheap opaque dome that reflects all the light down, leaving the upper part of the room in black shadow, is hard on the eyes and decoratively ugly. ..."

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