Definitions
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- adverb In a
decorative manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a decorative manner
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Examples
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There were real plants positioned decoratively around the room, not the fake kind with dusty leaves.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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My feeling about zombies is they should not have decoratively cute wounds.
first weds. early, b/c tomorrow will be crazy busy. pam_noles_blog 2009
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Painting something either hyper-beautiful or decoratively gory is, in some ways, the same thing: they are both grotesque in that they are distortions.
David Galenson: "The Core of Painting Is Story": An Interview With Hilary Harkness David Galenson 2012
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There were real plants positioned decoratively around the room, not the fake kind with dusty leaves.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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Painting something either hyper-beautiful or decoratively gory is, in some ways, the same thing: they are both grotesque in that they are distortions.
David Galenson: "The Core of Painting Is Story": An Interview With Hilary Harkness David Galenson 2012
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Painting something either hyper-beautiful or decoratively gory is, in some ways, the same thing: they are both grotesque in that they are distortions.
David Galenson: "The Core of Painting Is Story": An Interview With Hilary Harkness David Galenson 2012
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They are workers in the industry of zari - decoratively embroidered textile products, aimed mainly at export markets.
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Compulsively clean and decoratively challenged, it could be a hospital ward.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Sister to the World's Women Nancy Ruhling 2011
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They are workers in the industry of zari - decoratively embroidered textile products, aimed mainly at export markets.
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Painting something either hyper-beautiful or decoratively gory is, in some ways, the same thing: they are both grotesque in that they are distortions.
David Galenson: "The Core of Painting Is Story": An Interview With Hilary Harkness David Galenson 2012
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