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
As extravagantly decorated as the guest rooms, Azure’s blue and white interiors would be a great date-night choice—a combo of watching the sun sink below the horizon, excellent cuisine and fabulous wines (try something from the owners’ South African estate, Bouchard Finlayson).
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.
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James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
However, living so extravagantly has its downsides.
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Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
9 June 2026
Those funds were then spent extravagantly, fueling a large-scale abuse of federal resources.
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Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
19 May 2026
On Monday night, extravagantly dressed celebrities and designers made their grand ascent up the Met Gala's staircase, marking the start of fashion's biggest night and raising money for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
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Emily Bogle,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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
Duvalier and his family lived extravagantly while Haiti suffered in poverty and violence.
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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.
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Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.
—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
However, living so extravagantly has its downsides.
—
Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
9 June 2026
Those funds were then spent extravagantly, fueling a large-scale abuse of federal resources.
—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
19 May 2026
On Monday night, extravagantly dressed celebrities and designers made their grand ascent up the Met Gala's staircase, marking the start of fashion's biggest night and raising money for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
—
Emily Bogle,
NPR,
4 May 2026
If so, what is such a large and extravagantly funded force meant to do?
—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extravagantly
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Rather than giving the Tony to shows that will stay, Broadway seems to support pieces that can sell tickets expensively and quickly.
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But the latter can also make life expensively miserable for the former.
Adverb
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The palate is smooth and approachable, with sweet grain and buttery biscuit notes leading into a luxuriously soft, elegant finish.
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Its luxuriously soft drop-waist style and stretchy strapless top leave room for endless wear, whether as a maxi dress or folded down to be a maxi skirt.
Adverb
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Brady Christensen, who can play all five offensive line spots, looms large on the free-agent market.
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With the back-to-back deaths of the district's representative, who were both in their 70s, age loomed large over the race, especially as younger Democrats push for a new generation of candidates.
Adverb
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As businesses in Hollywood and other sectors face more consolidation and competition, executives are getting richly compensated more for their role in leading companies through challenging times.
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The result is 260 pages of richly-detailed, expressive drawings, mostly in regimented 12-panel grids that mirror the grinding rhythms of daily life in rural, 19th century America.
Adverb
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Sorloth played high, facilitating Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard to rotate wide and pull deeper to get on the ball.
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Further, high-performing organizations were nearly three times more likely to have fundamentally redesigned their workflows around AI, rather than layering it on top of existing processes.
Adverb
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Your composition captures flowers, chamoy and other candies and fruit sumptuously arranged in and around a ceramic jar from LACMA’s permanent collection.
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The kind of experience these companies curate manages to be sumptuously luxe and transformatively meaningful—and offers plenty of swashbuckling tales to tell.
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.
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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.
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“Extravagantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extravagantly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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