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sumptuously

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sump·tu·ous  (smpch-s)
adj.
Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish: "He likes big meals, so I cook sumptuous ones" (Anaïs Nin).

[Middle English, from Old French sumptueux, from Latin smptusus, from smptus, expense; see sumptuary.]

sumptu·ous·ly adv.
sumptu·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.sumptuously - in a sumptuous and opulent manner; "this government building is sumptuously appointed"
Translations
sumptuously [ˈsʌmptjʊəslɪ] ADVsuntuosamente
sumptuously [ˈsʌmptjʊəsli] advsomptueusement
sum total n
(= amount) → totalité f; [money] → totalité f
[achievements, possessions, attributes] → totalité f
sumptuously
adv (= splendidly)luxuriös; (= expensively)aufwendig, kostspielig
sumptuously [ˈsʌmptjʊəslɪ] advsontuosamente


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It bad two berths in it, a dismal dead-light, a sink with a washbowl in it, and a long, sumptuously cushioned locker, which was to do service as a sofa--partly-- and partly as a hiding place for our things.
They were too hungry to stop to fish, but they fared sumptuously upon cold ham, and then threw themselves down in the shade to talk.
The purchases made, they returned to the hotel, where they dined at a sumptuously served table-d'hote; after which Aouda, shaking hands with her protector after the English fashion, retired to her room for rest.
 
 
 
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