as in expensively
in a luxurious manner
the ancient Roman emperors lived as extravagantly as any rulers in history
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Recent Examples of extravagantly
If so, what is such a large and extravagantly funded force meant to do?
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Will Vicari’s wig and makeup design complete the extravagantly artificial fashion of the period.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Duvalier and his family lived extravagantly while Haiti suffered in poverty and violence.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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
Some journalists dress extravagantly, a longstanding tradition at this news conference, hoping to stand out in the packed hall and catch the president’s eye for a chance to ask a question.
—Keir Simmons, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
But the fact that single men are deciding to start families on their own, some of them paying extravagantly for egg donation and surrogacy, might also say something about just how important fatherhood is for many men today.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
There was the babble of snow monkeys in the trees near Kofu (a town that grows those extravagantly expensive fruits that are given as gifts).
—Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2024
The meat of this role is an extravagantly long and ferocious death scene that concludes the first of the opera’s three acts, and Schuster delivered it with an unforgettable combination of arching vocal power and emotional turmoil.
—Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2022
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Will Vicari’s wig and makeup design complete the extravagantly artificial fashion of the period.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Duvalier and his family lived extravagantly while Haiti suffered in poverty and violence.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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
Some journalists dress extravagantly, a longstanding tradition at this news conference, hoping to stand out in the packed hall and catch the president’s eye for a chance to ask a question.
—Keir Simmons, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
But the fact that single men are deciding to start families on their own, some of them paying extravagantly for egg donation and surrogacy, might also say something about just how important fatherhood is for many men today.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
There was the babble of snow monkeys in the trees near Kofu (a town that grows those extravagantly expensive fruits that are given as gifts).
—Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2024
The meat of this role is an extravagantly long and ferocious death scene that concludes the first of the opera’s three acts, and Schuster delivered it with an unforgettable combination of arching vocal power and emotional turmoil.
—Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extravagantly
Adverb
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To be in a place built—so very expensively—on fossil fuels, listening to endless green talk from an industry profiting off planetary destruction, is far more discombobulating than the astonishing shopping options.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The soundtrack boasts expensively familiar crowd-pleasers by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie and Billy Joel.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The camera lingers, luxuriously, on the dilapidated roadside.—
Elena Clavarino,
Air Mail,
14 Mar. 2026
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InStyle editors found and shared all the perfumes reportedly in Taylor Swift's rotation, from floral favorites to luxuriously warm and woody musks.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Ironically, programs like this illustrate the bind in which both Mellon and the humanities writ large find themselves.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Cabin sizes skewed large and included a VIP configured 737 that came from the East Coast, and several Gulfstreams and Challengers.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
12 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Grasslands, especially those in humid areas with good soil, provision their local food webs as richly as do forests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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The rhythm created by the voice and the instruments is richly unsettling.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Winds high above Saturn were generating electrical currents, creating a misleading auroral signal that mimicked changes in rotation.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hartman sent a pass to Kirill Kaprizov on the right wing and Kaprizov did not need much space to beat Swayman high on the short side.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The high street has taken note with Zara and Reformation's glossy white lace-ups, while contemporary labels—from Jamie Haller’s sumptuously soft styles to glove-like pairs by Andrea Gomez and Nothing Written, and even a mesh iteration from Dear Frances—offer equally compelling options.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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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
Adverb
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On board, the common areas were opulently decorated with monumental staircases and picture windows overlooking a half-mile-long beach.—
Noelann Bourgade,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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Jackie Jackson is opulently dressed for a football game, diamonds blazing on both hands, chandelier earrings, and black high heels under her trousers.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Extravagantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extravagantly. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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