as in luxuriously
in a luxurious manner
the pop singer's expensively decorated mansion was a testament to her commercial success
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Recent Examples of expensively
The soundtrack boasts expensively familiar crowd-pleasers by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie and Billy Joel.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Perhaps China’s aggressive state spending, open-source AI coding, and interest in ordinary use cases for the technology will ultimately give the country an edge over American firms that are expensively chasing revolutionary applications for a more theoretical product.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
New technology can solve crimes faster, safer, and less expensively than ever before.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
In sport organizations, where cultures are often lean, fast-moving and emotionally charged, this spiral happens quickly and expensively.
—Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Also great for very, very expensively besieging castles.
—Evan Ackermanerico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2016
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Perhaps China’s aggressive state spending, open-source AI coding, and interest in ordinary use cases for the technology will ultimately give the country an edge over American firms that are expensively chasing revolutionary applications for a more theoretical product.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
New technology can solve crimes faster, safer, and less expensively than ever before.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
In sport organizations, where cultures are often lean, fast-moving and emotionally charged, this spiral happens quickly and expensively.
—Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Also great for very, very expensively besieging castles.
—Evan Ackermanerico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expensively
Adverb
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Her other top picks include luxuriously soft wide-leg pants, a high-neck midi dress, and a silk maxi skirt, all of which are machine washable.—
Michelle Baricevic,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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This luxuriously comforting dinner is just what the doctor called for.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Duvalier and his family lived extravagantly while Haiti suffered in poverty and violence.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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In November, the content creator, who first established a tradition of dressing extravagantly for her relatives' holiday parties in 2021, pulled up to her family function in a look inspired by a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Democrats writ large got a massive shot in the arm Tuesday night with key victories in Virginia, New Jersey, California and New York City that President Trump even acknowledged Wednesday morning.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
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That’s probably because the shoes come up large and were slightly too wide in our regular size.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2025
Adverb
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The Distinguished Artisan Award is presented to an artist whose consistent collaboration with the MUAHS Guild has richly enhanced and created memorable characters throughout their career.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
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The execs had seen firsthand what was wrong, and recognized that the IRS’s first CEO is richly equipped to deliver the fix.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The terry cloth—for those who fear its potential micro-scratch—is sumptuously soft and, perhaps most importantly, maintains its texture wash after wash.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
2 Feb. 2026
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Around this time, Gaudí was overseeing the building of the Casa Milà, a sumptuously curvaceous apartment building in Barcelona.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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At the start of the decade, qualified buyers could lock in rates comfortably under 4%, but that changed in the years that followed, thanks to high inflation and elevated interest rates designed to cool it.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Kim will look to go back-to-back-to-back and win a third consecutive halfpipe gold in tomorrow's final after comfortably topping the leaderboard in this morning's qualifying, and she will be joined by two of her Team USA teammates.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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By controlling edge recombination through passivation, these wafers can maintain strong carrier collection and high efficiency, translating their theoretical advantages into practical, high-performing solar cells.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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Council, who had 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting in 34 minutes (six points the second half), indeed fired a cross-court pass high over a teammate’s head out of bounds in the second stanza.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Expensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expensively. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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