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lavishly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈlævɪʃli/

Etymology

From Middle English lavausly, equivalent to lavish + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a lavish manner, expending profusely.
   • 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. 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
   • He was noted to entertain lavishly, throwing the biggest and best parties in town.
   • 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." 2023 February 1, Carol Midgley, quoting Iain Duncan Smith, “House pomposity is one of the few remaining joys in British life”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023:

Forms

Translations (20)

es dadivosamente (in a lavish manner) · de üppig (in a lavish manner) · pl bogato (in a lavish manner) · el πλούσια (in a lavish manner) · eo abunde (in a lavish manner) · es regalonamente (in a lavish manner) · es fastuosamente (in a lavish manner) · de aufwendig (in a lavish manner) · eo ege (in a lavish manner) · es pródigamente (in a lavish manner) · es opíparamente (in a lavish manner) · ru щедро (in a lavish manner) · es pantagruélicamente (in a lavish manner) · es babilónicamente (in a lavish manner) · es manilargamente (in a lavish manner) · es agasajadoramente (in a lavish manner) · es suntuariamente (in a lavish manner) · fi avokätisesti (in a lavish manner) · fr fastueusement (in a lavish manner) · de reichlich (in a lavish manner)