ornately
adjectiveHow many syllables in ornately?
There are 3 syllables in the word ornately.How to pronounce ornately:
Definition of ornately:
- ornately (adjective):
- marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric sense 2b) or florid (see florid sense 1a) style
Synonyms for ornately:
brightly
brilliantly
colorfully
conspicuously
dashingly
fancily
flamboyantly
flashily
garishly
gaudily
gayly
gorgeously
loud
loudly
nattily
neatly
ostentatiously
pertly
richly
smartly
spectacularly
splendidly
strikingly
swankily
Antonyms for ornately:
ascetically
austerely
baldly
barely
basically
cleanly
clinically
modestly
nakedly
offensively
ordinarily
plainly
poorly
severely
simply
spartanly
starkly
straightforwardly
subduedly
uglily
unadornedly
understatedly
unfussily
unostentatiously
unsophisticatedly
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- warmhearted
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