extravagantly

adverb

Definition of extravagantlynext
as in expensively
in a luxurious manner the ancient Roman emperors lived as extravagantly as any rulers in history

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extravagantly
  1. large
  2. richly
  3. high
Adverb
  • Additionally, employers lose about $1.47 million daily in productivity and revenue while society writ large loses another $1.34 billion each day in quality-of-life costs experienced by gun violence victims and their families.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But the media industry writ large considers the cable marketplace to be in decline.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of large
Adverb
  • She has always been drawn to richly colored and ornamented surfaces and the solidity of furnishings made to last.
    Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Each title richly rewards readers who come in with little prior knowledge.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of richly
Adverb
  • Footage of performances by the Alvin Ailey Dance Company is projected high above the show, but the focus, mainly, is art that doesn’t bear an explicit tie to Ailey himself.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Those changes are less obvious than 30 Rock’s would be because most of that neon is — was — high above the street.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of high
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