Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a luxurious manner; deliciously; voluptuously.

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  • adverb In a manner that involves luxury, in an expensive or indulgent manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a rich manner
  • adverb in an indulgently luxurious manner

Etymologies

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Examples

  • Backed up by the concept of a 'liberal elite,' right-wingers could crony around with their corporate patrons in luxuriously appointed think tanks and boardrooms -- all the while purporting to represent the average overworked Joe.

    IsThatLegal? 2004

  • The impossibly smooth, darkly handsome, impeccable former Madrid No8 and opinionated TVE commentator, with the kind of luxuriously thick hair that no one actually has but adorns barbers 'windows worldwide.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Cara yawned luxuriously and hitched the comforter up around her neck.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • Francesca Bortolotto Possati Venice Venetian hotelier, vintner and philanthropist Francesca Bortolotto Possati , a third generation owner of the Bauer hotel, has just opened her newest property, the Villa F., a luxuriously restored 16th-century villa on the Giudecca.

    Lunch, Italian Style 2011

  • The high-backed, luxuriously upholstered seat of brown leather gave her a sense of great comfort; yet even greater, it seemed to her, was the nearness and comfort of the man himself and of his body.

    CHAPTER XIX 2010

  • Zoe wiggled luxuriously on the bed, crooking her arm over her face.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • In the North Gallery, art historian Ben Divall joins the eponymous owner of the Jonathan Hope collection in curating this show, exploring "the centuries-long trade and interaction between Indian textile and Javanese batik designs," with some swooningly beautiful hangings luxuriously displayed.

    An Explosion of Visual Arts Paul Levy 2011

  • In the sprouting system they're thrust into what is a perfect incubator for bacteria — they're warm and they're wet and they're growing luxuriously, Smith DeWaal says.

    Experts link sprouts to fatal illnesses 2011

  • Most of them love a drink, a surprising number of them smoke, and they almost all eat well, by which I mean expensively and luxuriously.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Burger lite. 2010

  • In the sprouting system they're thrust into what is a perfect incubator for bacteria — they're warm and they're wet and they're growing luxuriously, Smith DeWaal says.

    Experts link sprouts to fatal illnesses 2011

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