| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details.[Websters]
2. Being elucidative. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb elaboratively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (elaboratively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective elaborative.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ELABORATIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1795. (references) |
Common Expressions: ELABORATIVE
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Elaborative faculty | (Metaph.), the intellectual power of discerning relations and of viewing objects by means of, or in, relations; the discursive faculty; thought. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
