sumptiously

English

Etymology

Blend of 'sumptuous' and suffix '-tious' (as in 'compunctuous' and 'compunctious').

Adverb

sumptiously (comparative more sumptiously, superlative most sumptiously)

1. (rare) Profusely; sumptuously; praiseworthily; delightfully.
   • 1993, Darwin Reid Payne, Scenographic Imagination, Southern Illinois University Press - Carbondale and Edwardsville, page 51

     Few members of a viewing audience are critical of a production's scenery. When the curtain rises on a sumptiously decorated or highly detailed realistic setting, almost without expectation audiences react with surprise and pleasure, following which spontaneous applause erupts.