Sumptuously
[sʌmptʃʊəslɪ]
Definition
(adv.) in a sumptuous and opulent manner; 'this government building is sumptuously appointed'.
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Examples
- Becky admired him smiling sumptuously, easy, lofty, and stately. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The laboratories in such works differ from those in the universities only in being more perfectly equipped, and more sumptuously appointed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He had a shilling in his pocket; and he dined sumptuously, he tells me, on a black-pudding, an eel-pie, and a bottle of ginger-beer. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- John should find home a paradise, he should always see a smiling face, should fare sumptuously every day, and never know the loss of a button. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A few sumptuously-cloaked ladies were already gathered in the marble vestibule, and in the coat-room he found Van Alstyne and Gus Trenor. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It certainly was agreeable to fare sumptuously, drive in a fine carriage, wear her best frock every day, and do nothing but enjoy herself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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