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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"
opulently


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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.
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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.
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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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