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decoratively

/ˈdɛkɹətɪvli/ adv

In a decorative manner.

Word Origin Decoratively comes from decorate, which goes back to Latin decor 'beauty, ornament.' The -ive makes it 'tending to decorate,' and -ly turns it into an adverb. So doing something decoratively means doing it with an eye for beauty. The same root gives us decorous (proper, seemly) and decency (what is fitting).

adv In a decorative manner.

The cakes were decoratively iced with intricate floral patterns.

(副词) 装饰性地

蛋糕被装饰性地用 intricate 花卉图案进行了糖霜装饰。

(adverbio) decorativamente; de manera decorativa; con fines decorativos [De manera decorativa.]

Los pasteles estaban glaseados de forma decorativa con intrincados patrones florales.

(adverbe) décorativement; ornementalement; de manière décorative; de façon ornementale [D'une manière décorative, ornementale.]

Les gâteaux étaient glacés de façon **décorative** avec des motifs floraux complexes.

(Adverb) dekorativ; schmückend [**Decoratively** *Adverb* – auf eine Weise, die der Verschönerung dient; mit ästhetischem oder schmückendem Zweck.]

Die Torten waren **decoratively** mit aufwendigen Blumenmustern verziert.

(副詞) 装飾的に、装飾的な方法で。

ケーキには精巧な floral pattern で decoratively icing が施されていた。

(advérbio) decorativamente [De maneira decorativa.]

Os bolos foram decorativamente cobertos com glacê em intrincados padrões florais.

Synonyms: ornamentally embellishingly adorningly artistically aesthetically Antonyms: plainly simply unadornedly functionally

Related words

decorate decoration decorator decorous decency

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