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gorgeously

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gor·geous  (gôrjs)
adj.
1.
a. Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent: wore a gorgeous Victorian gown.
b. Characterized by magnificence or virtuosic brilliance: the pianist's gorgeous technique.
2. Informal Wonderful; delightful.

[Middle English gorgeouse, probably from Old French gorgias, jewelry-loving, elegant, from gorge, throat; see gorge.]

gorgeous·ly adv.
gorgeous·ness n.
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Adv.1.gorgeously - in an impressively beautiful manner; "the Princess was gorgeously dressed"
Translations
gorgeously [ˈgɔːdʒəslɪ] ADV [dressed] → magníficamente, divinamente; [decorated] → espléndidamente, magníficamente
it is a gorgeously decadent workes una obra fastuosamente decadente
gorgeously [ˈgɔːrdʒəsli] adv
[dressed, packaged] → superbement
[coloured, decorated] → superbement
[rich, warm, soft] → magnifiquement
gorgeously
advherrlich; gorgeously dressed womenhinreißend angezogene Frauen; gorgeously embroidered clothingprächtig bestickte Kleidung


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There was a bleeding heart, in tufts of paper lace; there were the three kings, gorgeously apparelled, and the ox and the ass and the shepherds; there was the Baby in the manger, and a group of angels, singing; there were camels and leopards, held by the black slaves of the three kings.
Deep ruffs, painfully wrought bands, and gorgeously embroidered gloves, were all deemed necessary to the official state of men assuming the reins of power, and were readily allowed to individuals dignified by rank or wealth, even while sumptuary laws forbade these and similar extravagances to the plebeian order.
The chariots themselves were large, commodious, and gorgeously decorated.
 
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