Synonyms for lavishly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : lav-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæv ɪʃ


Définition of lavishly

Origin :
  • 1540s, from lavish (adj.). Related: Lavished; lavishing.
  • adv profusely
Example sentences :
  • Indeed, they were sumptuously, lavishly, prodigally provided for.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • So long as he had it he used it lavishly, thoughtlessly, very often generously.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • He changed his meat plate now, and helped him lavishly to tart.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • The English government had lavishly distributed signs of authority.
  • Extract from : « Old Fort Snelling » by Marcus L. Hansen
  • He impairs with one hand the value of what he has so lavishly yielded with the other.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • Her decorative tastes were decidedly Eastern and lavishly extravagant.
  • Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman
  • He took her father and herself to the theater—not too lavishly.
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • But occasionally there are books that the binder can decorate as lavishly as he is able.
  • Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
  • "No, my duck," the hunchback woman answered, lavishly tender.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • At one moment he was lavishly generous; at another, incredibly mean.
  • Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham

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