Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sumptuous manner; expensively; splendidly; with great magnificence.
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- adverb In a
sumptuous manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a sumptuous and opulent manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hostages have even told of being fed "sumptuously," with pirates billing the shipping companies for the food and drinks.
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Hostages have even told of being fed "sumptuously," with pirates billing the shipping companies for the food and drinks.
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Hostages have even told of being fed "sumptuously," with pirates billing the shipping companies for the food and drinks.
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Hostages have even told of being fed "sumptuously," with pirates billing the shipping companies for the food and drinks.
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From this and the other temples and monasteries around Kandy radiates the overwhelming and studied richness of the two chief colors of Buddhism: a rich, maroon-like red and a dazzling gold, painted on stone statues and sumptuously draping the giant sitting Buddha in each temple.
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The OSF ensemble is overwhelmed with talent (the entire cast of SHE LOVES ME deserved the thunderous standing ovation and more), the productions are sumptuously designed and executed with vision and resources, the audiences are loyal and plenty.
Lauren Gunderson: I Heart Hamlet Lauren Gunderson 2010
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According to Dr. Frances Berdan, Professor of Anthropology at California State University, palaces like that of Ocomo were big buildings with high walls, an enormous courtyard, innumerable rooms, patios and many baths, with walls of stuccoed adobe or beautiful stones and everything sumptuously painted.
The Tecpan of Ocomo: largest indigenous palace in Mesoamerica 2009
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The OSF ensemble is overwhelmed with talent (the entire cast of SHE LOVES ME deserved the thunderous standing ovation and more), the productions are sumptuously designed and executed with vision and resources, the audiences are loyal and plenty.
Lauren Gunderson: I Heart Hamlet Lauren Gunderson 2010
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(Linda nods.) (Linda and Tommy make exit to right.) (Margaret, seated, slips back her cloak, revealing herself in evening gown, and looks at Knox sumptuously, lovingly, and willingly.)
THEFT 2010
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Cohen's ingenuous English-lyric vocals can be an acquired taste, but his bass playing is sumptuously inventive, and his middle-eastern, north African, and Spanish-influenced melodies often very affecting.
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