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Grammar : Adv
Spell : luhg-zhoor-ee-uhnt, luhk-shoor-
Phonetic Transcription : lʌgˈʒʊər i ənt, lʌkˈʃʊər-



Definition of luxuriantly

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Middle French luxuriant and directly from Latin luxuriantem (nominative luxurians), present participle of luxuriare "have to excess, grow profusely" (see luxuriate). Related: Luxuriantly.
  • As in well : adv sufficiently
  • As in abundantly : adv plentifully
Example sentences :
  • Examine the vines all round, and remove those trailing branches which are produced so luxuriantly at this season of the year.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • That which lingers after an epoch is generally that which lived most luxuriantly in it.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
  • It was a large, square room, solidly but not luxuriantly furnished.
  • Extract from : « The Last Woman » by Ross Beeckman
  • It will spring up among us, then, as luxuriantly as the wild honeysuckle.
  • Extract from : « All Sorts and Conditions of Men » by Walter Besant
  • The flowers grow so luxuriantly, that mans hand cannot keep them in bounds.
  • Extract from : « Three Months Abroad » by Anna Vivanti
  • All of the Ramblers are good, but none blooms so luxuriantly as the crimson.
  • Extract from : « A Woman's Hardy Garden » by Helena Rutherfurd Ely
  • He had furnished a large studio as a sitting-room, not luxuriantly but pleasantly.
  • Extract from : « The Trespasser, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • On the summit of a high bank, luxuriantly surrounded by tropical foliage of all sorts, was Bob Cochrane's home.
  • Extract from : « Queensland Cousins » by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
  • At low tide the ponies and marsh-cows resort here to feed upon the long grass which grows so luxuriantly at all seasons.
  • Extract from : « Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes » by Sylvia Sunshine
  • They grow as luxuriantly beside the cabin of the pioneer as against the palace of the millionaire.
  • Extract from : « Arbor Day Leaves » by N.H. Egleston

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