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ornamentally

/ˌɔɹnəˈmɛntəɫi/ adv

In an ornamental way.

Word Origin Ornamentally comes from ornamental, from ornament, from Latin ornare 'to equip, adorn.' The idea: an ornament is something that equips or furnishes something with beauty. The same root gives us ornate (heavily adorned) and suborn (to secretly equip or bribe). Ornamentally means in a decorative manner, like adding embellishments.

adv In an ornamental way.

The vines were arranged ornamentally along the trellis.

(副词) 装饰性地

藤蔓以装饰性的方式沿着棚架排列。

(adverbio) De manera ornamental.

Las enredaderas se dispusieron ornamentalmente a lo largo del enrejado.

(adverbe) ornementalement; de manière ornementale; décorativement [De manière ornementale ; à des fins décoratives.]

Les vignes étaient disposées de manière ornementale le long du treillis.

(Adverb) zierend; schmückend; ornamental [auf eine Weise, die der Verzierung oder dem Schmuck dient; dekorativ]

Die Ranken waren **ornamentally** am Spalier angeordnet.

(副詞) 装飾的に。飾りとして。

つる植物は装飾的にトレリスに沿って配置された。

(advérbio) ornamentalmente; decorativamente [De maneira ornamental.]

As trepadeiras foram dispostas de forma ornamental ao longo da treliça.

Synonyms: decoratively embellishingly adornedly showily ostentatiously Antonyms: plainly simply unadornedly functionally
Word parts: ornament + al + ly

Related words

ornate ornately subornation

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