Lavishly

Quick meaning: Lavishly is an adverb meaning In a lavish manner, expending profusely.

Meaning

In a lavish manner, expending profusely.

Example Sentences

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."

Synonyms for lavishly

Depending on context, synonyms include extravagantly, richly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extravagantly, richly, profusely, bounteously, abundantly, liberally.

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