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Recent Examples of ornately
The movie is an empty shell ornately decorated with eyecatching camera angles, an acidulously sun-bright palette, and whimsical dialogue.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornately
Adverb
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Of course, the drawback to doing all that richly varied work is that she’s been traveling almost constantly.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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The rally has been driven by megacap tech giants, which have invested billions in AI and are being valued richly on the potential of this emerging era.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
6 Oct. 2025
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The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.—
Nelly Klos
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Given that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ostentatiously dropped nearly all their public commitments when moved to California in 2021, this seems to represent a turnaround.—
Alexander Larman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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O’Brien’s dual roles as both flamboyantly gay charm bomb Rocky — who is flattened in a car accident early in the film — and the grieving and straight Roman comprise a career-topping performance.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Terastalized Sudowoodo wears a glittering armor-like coating that’s topped with leafy flowers, an effect rendered gorgeously thanks to this series’ eye-popping animation.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The neon-hued, gorgeously lit End of Line club is Castor’s playground in the virtual world of the Grid, and Sheen knew how to make the practical set and the character his own.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Even in the majors, though, the directive is strikingly similar, pun intended.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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For an evening devoted to inspiration, the show’s final acts offered a strikingly different kind of message.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Shot in a colorfully naturalistic style by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days), the film occasionally switches to what looks like Super 8mm, capturing the action more intimately and playfully.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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One expert, reflecting on personal experience, put it more colorfully.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Eight restaurants along Northwest 167th Street/Northeast 163rd Street, from just west of North Miami Beach through the heart of the city, have failed state inspection, usually quite spectacularly since December 2023.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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After conceding three more counter-attack goals at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan last weekend, there’s an increasing feeling that when the press doesn’t quite click, things are more liable to go spectacularly wrong.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The call-taker counted out loud with them to help keep the chest compressions at a steady pace.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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Jasper took out volume 2 of The Cambridge Ancient History and read out loud to Catherine about black magic and the emerald tablets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Ornately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornately. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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