adv. [f. ELABOBATE a. + -LY2.] In an elaborate manner.

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1628.  Earle, Microcosm. (1633), N 12. He is so elaborately excessive, that none will beleeve him.

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1724.  Swift, Drapier’s Lett., Wks. 1755, V. II. 48. It is … elaborately shewn, that former patents have passed in the same manner.

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1823.  Scott, Peveril, xlviii. I see you are elaborately dressed.

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