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luxuriously en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English luxurious Middle English -ly English -ly English luxuriously From luxurious + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a manner that involves luxury; in an expensive or indulgent manner.
    • 2007, Travel & Leisure, Volume 37, American Express Publishing, page 92, Couples celebrating second marriages and honeymooning with kids enjoy the luxuriously spacious suites of the oceanfront ResortQuest Waikiki Beach Tower.
    • Edward the Fourth reclining luxuriously upon his tottering throne, like a child lulled by its rocking, displaying that rare combination of deep duplicity and heartless gaiety which so seldom exist together, the reckfulness of the one being like a noxious vapour to the recklessness of the other: […] 1843, The metropolitan:
    • A minute after ten she was reclining back into a hill of minuscule white lace pillows, slowly, luxuriously licking the sweet brown topping from a 'schnecke. 2015, Jacqueline Briskin, The Onyx:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more luxuriously Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most luxuriously Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (7)

pt luxuosamente (in an expensive or indulgent manner) · es lujosamente (in an expensive or indulgent manner) · gl luxosamente (in an expensive or indulgent manner) · ca luxosament (in an expensive or indulgent manner) · it lussuosamente (in an expensive or indulgent manner) · io luxoze (in an expensive or indulgent manner) · fr luxueusement (in an expensive or indulgent manner)