lavishly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 8
/ˈlævɪʃli/
Definition of lavishly
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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In a lavish manner, expending profusely.
“He was noted to entertain lavishly, throwing the biggest and best parties in town.”
“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.”
“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."”
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Etymology
From Middle English lavausly, equivalent to lavish + -ly.
Words you can make from lavishly
96 playable · top: LAVISH (12 pts)
Best play lavish 12 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
33 words- ASHY 10 pts
- HAYS 10 pts
- HIYA 10 pts
- HYLA 10 pts
- SHAY 10 pts
- SHIV 10 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- ALLY 7 pts
- HAIL 7 pts
- HALL 7 pts
- HILA 7 pts
- HILL 7 pts
- ILLY 7 pts
- LAHS 7 pts
- LASH 7 pts
- LAVS 7 pts
- LAYS 7 pts
- LILY 7 pts
- SLAY 7 pts
- SYLI 7 pts
- VAIL 7 pts
- VIAL 7 pts
- VILL 7 pts
- VISA 7 pts
- YILL 7 pts
- AILS 4 pts
- ALLS 4 pts
- ILLS 4 pts
- LIAS 4 pts
- SAIL 4 pts
- SALL 4 pts
- SIAL 4 pts
- SILL 4 pts
3-letter words
28 words2-letter words
13 wordsHooks
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