— ornately , adv. — ornateness , n.
/awr nayt"/ , adj.
1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown: an ornate style of writing.
[ 1375-1425; late ME ornatus well-equipped, adorned, orig. ptp. of ornare to equip; see -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. showy, ostentatious; rich, lavish.