lavishly

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lav·ish

(lăv′ĭsh)

adj.

1. Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion: a lavish buffet. See Synonyms at profuse.

2. Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting: The critics were lavish with their praise.

tr.v. lav·ished, lav·ish·ing, lav·ish·es

1. To give or bestow in abundance; shower: lavished attention on his customers.

2. To give something in abundance to: "The aides began lavishing him with kindnesses" (Kay Marie Porterfield).

[Middle English laves, probably from Old French lavasse, downpour, from laver, to wash, from Latin lavāre; see lave.]

lav′ish·er n.

lav′ish·ly adv.

lav′ish·ness n.

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Adv.	1.	lavishly - in a wasteful manner; "the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap" extravagantly
	2.	lavishly - in a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated" extravagantly, richly

Translations

بِسَخاء،بإسْراف

štědře

verschwenderisch

magnifiquement sans compter somptueusement

rausnarlega

raust

cömertce

慷慨地

lavishly

[ˈlævɪʃlɪ] ADV

1. (= sumptuously) [decorated, furnished] → suntuosamente, fastuosamente

2. (= generously) [entertain, pay] → espléndidamente, generosamente; [praise] → profusamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lavishly

[ˈlævɪʃli] adv

[give, spend] → sans compter

[furnished, restored] → luxueusement, fastueusement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lavishly

adv give, equipped → großzügig; praise → überschwänglich; put paint on, spread → reichlich; entertain → üppig, reichlich; illustrated → reich, aufwendig, aufwändig; they entertain lavishly → sie geben feudale Feste; lavishly furnished → luxuriös or aufwendig or aufwändig eingerichtet; to spend (money) lavishly → das Geld mit vollen Händen ausgeben (on für); he is lavishly extravagant in his hospitality → seine Gastfreundschaft kennt keine Grenzen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lavishly

[ˈlævɪʃlɪ] adv (give, spend) → generosamente; (furnished) → sontuosamente, lussuosamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lavish

(ˈlӕviʃ) verb

to spend or give very freely. She lavishes too much money on that child.

adjective

1. (of a person) spending or giving generously and sometimes too freely. a lavish host; You have certainly been lavish with the brandy in this cake.

2. given generously or too freely. lavish gifts.

ˈlavishly adverb

ˈlavishness noun

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As usual, the fickle, unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him before.

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His gun is lavishly decorated with brass tacks and vermilion, and provided with a fringed cover, occasionally of buckskin, ornamented here and there with a feather.

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I, however, like those gentlemen of leisure who breakfast at home and dine at their club, almost invariably, during my intervals of health, enjoyed the afternoon repast with the bachelor chiefs of the Ti, who were always rejoiced to see me, and lavishly spread before me all the good things which their larder afforded.

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That would be too bad, especially when the late apple tree had most obligingly kept its store of blossom until after all the other trees had faded and then burst lavishly into bloom for Aunt Olivia's wedding.

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Testimonials representing Mrs General as a prodigy of piety, learning, virtue, and gentility, were lavishly contributed from influential quarters; and one venerable archdeacon even shed tears in recording his testimony to her perfections

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I lavishly elaborated these people and their doings, of course.

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She had been trying to persuade him, I decided, that they were living too lavishly. That was why she sought to draw him back.

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His wife has backed him up well, they have entertained lavishly, and today I should think that she is one of the most popular hostesses in London.

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It sits in the midst of a vast dead-level, and one is obliged to imagine that land may be had for the asking, and no taxes to pay, so lavishly do they use it.

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The place is crowded with people all the time, and as the gay-colored Eastern fabrics are lavishly displayed before every shop, the great Bazaar of Stamboul is one of the sights that are worth seeing.

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Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly; nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher's desk.

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There was no term of abuse known to the Huron vocabulary that the disappointed women did not lavishly expend on the successful stranger.