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lavishly

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlævɪʃli/
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Adverb

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lavishly (comparative more lavishly, superlative most lavishly)

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