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Define the word E*lab"o*rate*ly

Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare
   to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See
   Labor.]
   Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied;
   executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate
   discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
   [1913 Webster]

         Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. --Waller.

   Syn: Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.
        -- E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. -- E*lab"o*rate*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

elaborately
     adv : with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out" [syn: intricately,
            in an elaborate way]