Definition of In an elaborate way

1. Adverb. With elaboration. "It was elaborately spelled out"

Exact synonyms: Elaborately, Intricately
Partainyms: Elaborate, Intricate

Lexicographical Neighbors of In An Elaborate Way

in advance of
in agreement
in agreement(p)
in aid of
in aid to this fact
in all
in all honesty
in all its branches
in all likelihood
in all my born days
in all one's glory
in all probability
in altissimo
in an arch manner
in an editorial
in an elaborate way (current term)
in and an
in and of itself
in antis
in any case
in any event
in any way, shape, or form
in apposition
in arrears
in at the deep end
in attendance(p)
in awe of
in back of
in ballast

Literary usage of In an elaborate way

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"The parasites of the white ant (Termes flavipes) have been described and illustrated in an elaborate way by Professor Leidy, in a memoir recently published ..."

2. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1901)
"... the Dayton Cash Register Company, at Dayton, Ohio, USA, where what is known as industrial betterment had been carried into practice in an elaborate way, ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1900)
"With this case as a test the author has detailed in an elaborate way the whole subject of the escape of the cerebro-spinal fluid. ..."

4. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"They used in an elaborate way the melodies most frequently heard; but in the course of time this manner of writing had disgraceful consequences. ..."

5. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives by United States Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (1922)
"The taxes ; yes ; but it would be very difficult, it seems to me— and I think it is quite unnecessary—to try to sit down and in an elaborate way determine ..."

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