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lavishly

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lav·ish  (lvsh)
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
To give or bestow in abundance; shower: lavished attention on his customers.

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

lavish·er n.
lavish·ly adv.
lavish·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.lavishlylavishly - in a wasteful manner; "the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap"
2.lavishly - in a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated"
Translations

lavishly [ˈlævɪʃlɪ] adv [give, spend] → generosamente; [furnished] → lujosamente
lavishly [ˈlævɪʃlɪ] adv [give, spend] → sans compter; [furnished] → luxueusement
lavishly [ˈlævɪʃlɪ] lavish adv (= generously) → großzügig (= sumptuously); aufwendig
lavishly [ˈlævɪʃlɪ] adv [give, spend] → generosamente; [furnished] → sontuosamente, lussuosamente

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