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flowery
What does flowery mean?
flowery (adjective): of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use flowery in a sentence?
- A flowery speech. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce flowery?
/ˈflaʊəɹi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does flowery come from?
From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of flowery?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “flowery” mean?
having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive
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capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released
Not quite: that's what elastic means.
of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance
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of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged
Not quite: that's what choleric means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “flowery”?
strict
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casual
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ornate
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serial
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