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richly

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rich  (rch)
adj. rich·er, rich·est
1. Possessing great material wealth: "Now that he was rich he was not thought ignorant any more, but simply eccentric" Mavis Gallant.
2. Having great worth or value: a rich harvest of grain.
3. Magnificent; sumptuous: a rich brocade.
4.
a. Having an abundant supply: rich in ideas.
b. Abounding, especially in natural resources: rich land.
5. Meaningful and significant: "a rich sense of the transaction between writer and reader" William Zinsser.
6. Very productive and therefore financially profitable: rich seams of coal.
7.
a. Containing a large amount of choice ingredients, such as butter, sugar, or eggs, and therefore unusually heavy or sweet: a rich dessert.
b. Having or exuding a strong or pungent aroma: "Texas air is so rich you can nourish off it like it was food" Edna Ferber.
8.
a. Pleasantly full and mellow: a rich tenor voice.
b. Warm and strong in color: a rich brown velvet.
9. Containing a large proportion of fuel to air: a rich gas mixture.
10. Informal Highly amusing.
n. (used with a pl. verb)
Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the: "Were there, indeed, a sure appeal to the mercies of the rich, the calamities of the poor might be less intolerable" Charlotte Smith.

[Middle English riche, from Old French (of Germanic origin) and from Old English rce, strong, powerful; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

richly adv.
richness n.
Synonyms: rich, affluent, flush1, loaded, moneyed, wealthy
These adjectives mean having an abundant supply of money, property, or possessions of value: a rich executive; an affluent banker; a speculator flush with cash; not merely rich but loaded; moneyed heirs; wealthy corporations.
Antonym: poor

richly
Adverb
1. in a rich or elaborate manner: the rooms are richly decorated with a variety of classical motifs
2. fully and appropriately: he left the field to a richly deserved standing ovation
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.richly - to an ample degree or in an ample manner; "these voices were amply represented"; "we benefited richly"
2.richly - in a rich manner; "he lives high"
3.richly - in a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated"

richly
adverb 2. fully, well, thoroughly, amply, appropriately, properly, suitably, in full measure
Translations
Spanish richly [ˈrɪtʃlɪ] advricamente
French richly [ˈrɪtʃlɪ] advrichement; [deserved, earned] → largement, grandement
German richly [ˈrɪtʃlɪ] rich adv [decorated, carved] → reich;
(reward, benefit) → reichlich;
richly deserved/earned → wohlverdient

Italian richly [ˈrɪtʃlɪ] advriccamente; [dressed] → sontuosamente; [deserved] → pienamente

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A Kite saw him and exclaimed: "You richly deserve your fate; for a bird of the air has no business to seek its food from the sea.
SOUTH of the armory of Westminster Palace lay the gardens, and here, on the third day following the King's affront to De Vac, might have been a seen a blackhaired woman gowned in a violet cyclas, richly embroidered with gold about the yoke and at the bottom of the loose-pointed sleeves, which reached almost to the similar bordering on the lower hem of the garment.
The captain led them through many rooms, where richly dressed foxes were sitting on beautiful chairs or sipping tea, which was being passed around by fox-servants in white aprons.
 
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