1
: in a rich manner
2
: in full measure : amply
praise richly deserved
Synonyms
Examples of richly in a Sentence
The room was richly decorated.
They were richly rewarded for their efforts.
Recent Examples on the Web
For your journey here, you'll be richly rewarded with incredible beaches and natural wonders (a petrified forest on Lesvos, volcanic rocks and sand dunes on Limnos, and thermal springs on Ikaria).
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Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
This was a rich and richly varied program that hinted at much, much more.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
The elements melded perfectly, making for a heady, aromatic meal with runny eggs that flowed richly onto my toast (though rice would have worked just as well).
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In the roughly two decades that followed these agreements, more than 40,000 factories in the U.S. shut down, around two million workers lost their jobs, and working-class Americans experienced wage stagnation—even while corporations made billions and investors were richly rewarded.
—Bernie Sanders, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
The Israeli leader has richly rewarded this loyalty by ensuring an ever-growing flow of public subsidies to ultra-Orthodox voters and their religious institutions.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
Although a short story requires a very particular kind of concentration, the reader is so richly rewarded along the way; the best can be so evocative as to defy understanding.
—Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Investors were richly rewarded; for one heady stretch in the 2010s, Boeing’s shares outperformed those of Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
Like everything Beyoncé has done, specifically in the last decade of her career, Cowboy Carter is a college dissertation of an album: richly researched and meticulously constructed.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024
Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
This was a rich and richly varied program that hinted at much, much more.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
The elements melded perfectly, making for a heady, aromatic meal with runny eggs that flowed richly onto my toast (though rice would have worked just as well).
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In the roughly two decades that followed these agreements, more than 40,000 factories in the U.S. shut down, around two million workers lost their jobs, and working-class Americans experienced wage stagnation—even while corporations made billions and investors were richly rewarded.
—Bernie Sanders, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
The Israeli leader has richly rewarded this loyalty by ensuring an ever-growing flow of public subsidies to ultra-Orthodox voters and their religious institutions.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
Although a short story requires a very particular kind of concentration, the reader is so richly rewarded along the way; the best can be so evocative as to defy understanding.
—Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Investors were richly rewarded; for one heady stretch in the 2010s, Boeing’s shares outperformed those of Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
Like everything Beyoncé has done, specifically in the last decade of her career, Cowboy Carter is a college dissertation of an album: richly researched and meticulously constructed.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Richly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/richly. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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