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FLOWERY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details

Example:

ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato

Synonyms:

flowery; ornate

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or suggestive of flowers

Example:

flowery wine

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Derivation:

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

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 Context examples: 

I passed a tall briar, shooting leafy and flowery branches across the path; I see the narrow stile with stone steps; and I see—Mr. Rochester sitting there, a book and a pencil in his hand; he is writing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)