lavishly

adverb

Definition of lavishlynext
1
as in generously
in a generous manner complained that the university spends lavishly on the football program but underfunds other sports

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2
as in expensively
in a luxurious manner Hollywood celebrities are known for living lavishly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lavishly
  1. well
  2. richly
  3. large
  4. high
Adverb
  • The police association's and department's Facebook pages include pictures from past years' toy drives as well.
    Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, there probably are scads of people who won’t mind shelling out a few more bucks, if only to see how many of their favorite survivors — well, continue to survive.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of well
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  • In her performances, Ado’s shouts and screams richly express the full range of negative emotions, such as anger, sadness, fear, disgust, pity, frustration, and jealousy.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Jan. 2025
  • To be clear, if Demi Moore or the movie itself is nominated, it will be richly deserved.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of richly
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  • 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
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  • 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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