lavishly
adv/ˈlævɪʃli/
Etymology From Middle English lavausly, equivalent to lavish + -ly.
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In a lavish manner, expending profusely.
- He was noted to entertain lavishly, throwing the biggest and best parties in town.
- 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.1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
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- 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."2023 February 1, Carol Midgley, quoting Iain Duncan Smith, “House pomposity is one of the few remaining joys in British life”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023: