lavishly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈlævɪʃli/

Definition of lavishly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. 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.

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