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lavishly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial lavishly has 2 senses
- lavishly(r = adv.all) extravagantly - in a wasteful manner; "the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap"
- lavishly(r = adv.all) extravagantly, richly - in a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated"
THESAURUS
lavishly
abundantly, affluently, aplenty, beyond measure, bigheartedly, bottomlessly, bounteously, bountifully, copiously, diffusely, effusely, extravagantly, exuberantly, freehandedly, freeheartedly, freely, fully, generously, graciously, greatheartedly, handsomely, hospitably, in abundance, in full measure, in good supply, in plenty, in quantity, inexhaustibly, largeheartedly, liberally, maximally, more than enough, no end, openhandedly, openheartedly, opulently, out of measure, overabundantly, overflowingly, plenteously, plentifully, prodigally, profusely, richly, riotously, superabundantly, to the full, ungrudgingly, unselfishly, unsparingly, unstintingly, with both hands, with open hands, without measure, without stint
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