ornamentally

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English ornament Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ornamental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English ornamentally From ornamental + -ly.

1. In an ornamental way.

   “a great heavy, many-armed candlesticklike thing which sits ornamentally in the center of the table”