SUMPTUOUSLY

sumptuously, opulently

(adverb) in a sumptuous and opulent manner; “this government building is sumptuously appointed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

sumptuously (comparative more sumptuously, superlative most sumptuously)

In a sumptuous manner.

Source: Wiktionary


SUMPTUOUS

Sump"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. sumptuosus, fr. sumptus expanse, cost: cf. F. somptueux. See Sumptuary.]

Definition: Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and attendance. Atterbury. She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes Of shining expectation fixed on mine. Tennyson.

– Sump"tu*ous*ly, adv.

– Sump"tu*ous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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