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Ornamentally   /ˌɔrnəmˈɛntəli/   Listen
Ornamentally

adverb
1.
In an ornamental, nonfunctional manner.





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"Ornamentally" Quotes from Famous Books



... has, I suppose, to most of you the meaning of the art of building nobly and ornamentally. Now I believe the practice of this art to be one of the most important things which man can turn his hand to, and the consideration of it to be worth the attention of serious people, not for an hour only, but for a good part of their lives, ...
— Hopes and Fears for Art • William Morris
... species the suspension may resolve ornamentally, that is, it may have some note or notes interpolated between the suspension and its resolution. The relative position of the suspension and its resolution must remain the same as in the ...
— A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons • Friedrich J. Lehmann
... that thought the compliment of jotting it down. It is this—regularity in small details is pleasing; regularity on a grand scale is disagreeable. For instance, a chair with one leg turned, another square, and a third ornamentally carved, would be a disagreeable object. The two front legs at least must be regular, and the two back legs regular. A chair is a small matter. But proceed to a grander subject—a city. If every house is similar to its neighbours, if every street is ...
— Chasing the Sun • R.M. Ballantyne


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