flowery.

1. Covered or decorated with flowers or flower designs.

2. Elaborately ornate in expression, especially through decorative or extravagant language.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• flowery pattern
• flowery meadow

On the page

The flowery pattern was repeated on the lining rather than the outer fabric.

The path crossed a flowery meadow before entering the bare enclosure.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more flowery; superlative most flowery where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: clarity and ornament, narrative perspective, style analysis. Disciplines: literary writing, narrative analysis, advanced English. Commonness: moderately common.