What does lavishly mean?
Lavishly means In a lavish manner, expending profusely..
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/ˈlævɪʃli/ · adverb
In a lavish manner, expending profusely..
He was noted to entertain lavishly, throwing the biggest and best parties in town.
At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkley, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.
I suspect fruity language is lavishly used on building sites and in 10 Downing Street, but not so much in middle-ranking jobs. Iain Duncan Smith once told a Treasury mandarin on the phone "If you ever speak to my officials like that again I'll bite your balls off and send them to you in a box."
Use lavishly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lavishly means In a lavish manner, expending profusely..
Common synonyms include extravagantly, richly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was noted to entertain lavishly, throwing the biggest and best parties in town.
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