lavishly, richly, extravagantly
(adverb) in a rich and lavish manner; “lavishly decorated”
abundantly, copiously, profusely, extravagantly
(adverb) in an abundant manner; “they were abundantly supplied with food”; “he thanked her profusely”
extravagantly, lavishly
(adverb) in a wasteful manner; “the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
extravagantly (comparative more extravagantly, superlative most extravagantly)
With lavish expenditure or behaviour.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*trav"a*gant*ly, adv.
Definition: In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
Ex*trav"a*gant, a. Etym: [F. extravagant, fr. L. extra on the outside + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.]
1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.] The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.
2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse. There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses. Addison.
3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.
Ex*trav"a*gant, n.
1. One who is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.
2. pl. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
