Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a luxuriant manner or degree; exuberantly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a luxuriant manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
luxuriant manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an abundant and luxuriant manner
- adverb in an elegantly luxuriant way
Etymologies
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Examples
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It could not be called luxuriantly furnished, considering that there was only a bench of no great width running along the side of one of the walls, and the remains of a table.
From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Its disappearance is no longer anticipated; on the contrary, various new forms of it are growing luxuriantly.
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In Lichfield's 1969 photograph, the former appears to be wearing a simple white caftan you may no longer want the tights or the shoes with a luxuriantly colored silk kimono duster coat over the top, while La Liz is wearing a fabulously bold print.
Covering a Multitude of Beach Sins Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Split into three distinct parts beginning Monday night, "Carlos" revels luxuriantly in a world that in many ways no longer exists -- a pre-Internet, Gauloise-chain-smoking, deeply radicalized Europe and Middle East populated with insouciant Marxists of all stripes who are willing to help "the cause," which was so broadly defined back then as to verge on parody.
TV Preview: Sundance Channel's 5 1/2-hour biopic 'Carlos' Hank Stuever 2010
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Panna cotta is supposed to be luxuriantly creamy, but this is just too much.
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Its disappearance is no longer anticipated; on the contrary, various new forms of it are growing luxuriantly.
Atheism 2009
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And her hair always grew luxuriantly and kept its beautiful youthful appearance all her life.
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Its disappearance is no longer anticipated; on the contrary, various new forms of it are growing luxuriantly.
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It was when I was sent to a convent to finish my education that my hair began to grow luxuriantly.
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This ingenious premise opens the door to mounting "Follies" on a luxuriantly large scale, but it doesn't have to be done that way, and Chicago Shakespeare's darkly poignant new production, directed by Gary Griffin, shows how "Follies" can profit from being presented in a more intimate manner.
The 'Follies' of Our Dreams Terry Teachout 2011
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