as in ornamental
serving to add beauty
a necklace of decorative flowers was planted along the path to the cottage
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Recent Examples of decorative
Nothing feels like an unfortunate compromise and there are no unnecessary decorative excesses.
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Ludovica Stevan, Architectural Digest, 27 May 2025
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The rooms are bright, cheerful, and simple, with colorful coastal touches in artwork and decorative items like pillows.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
The pots themselves can be decorative or very simple, so choose containers that best suit your taste.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
The Fechin House displays an astonishing level of craftsmanship, attention to detail, decorative and architectural intrigue, and cleverness on behalf of the maker.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Ludovica Stevan, Architectural Digest, 27 May 2025
Related Stories 13 Under-The-Radar Activities And Experiences In Key West
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Rooms And Rates
The rooms are bright, cheerful, and simple, with colorful coastal touches in artwork and decorative items like pillows.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
The pots themselves can be decorative or very simple, so choose containers that best suit your taste.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
The Fechin House displays an astonishing level of craftsmanship, attention to detail, decorative and architectural intrigue, and cleverness on behalf of the maker.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for decorative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorative
ornamental
Adjective
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Luckily at least one herbicide is available to spray on invading grass that can be used among ornamental plants that lists Asiatic jasmine on the label.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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While the adults chew on ornamental plants, fruit trees, berry plants, and many different shade and ornamental trees such as linden, Japanese maple, crepe myrtle, and flowering crabapple, the grubs feed on the roots of turfgrasses and vegetable seedlings, says Potter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 May 2025
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“Decorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorative. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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