EXTRAVAGANTLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

extravagantly

adverb

Definition of extravagantly

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 One by one, the dancers extravagantly performed in the center of the circle. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 People in costumes marched alongside floats with advertisements and extravagantly patriotic decorations. — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026 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). — 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extravagantly

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Aviation learned, repeatedly and expensively, what happens when human skills atrophy inside that gap.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026
The room, its walls expensively craquelure'd to resemble fractured eggshells, its pale taffeta curtains billowing in the chill English breeze, is more Hollywood boudoir than office.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026

Definition of expensively

Adverb

The cozy, luxuriously soft fabric is made for curling up on the couch to read a book, watch a movie, or nap.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2026
Greyson Greyson’s Saratoga tropical weight crewneck sweater ($240) is made of 100 percent luxuriously soft merino wool.

— Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of luxuriously

Adverb

Brady Christensen, who can play all five offensive line spots, looms large on the free-agent market.

— Mike Kaye June 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026
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.

— Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 26 May 2026

Definition of large

Adverb

In addition to offering a deeper understanding of how developments within both Ukraine and Russia led to the 2022 invasion, Miller also richly evokes many places in eastern Ukraine, such as Bakhmut, before they were devastated by Russian artillery.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Few contemporary filmmakers so richly explore the concept of tenderness quite like Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of richly

Adverb

The base of the light cone will start near Cancer, resting just above the horizon, stretching upward through Gemini, and reaching high into the predawn sky toward Taurus.

— Jules-Pierre Malartre, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Rather than pivot away from the high-pressing, front-foot football of Howe, Wilson tasked those involved in the identification of head coaches to double down upon those principles.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of high

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This elegant space—owned by Italian friends and sumptuously renovated by an Italian designer—tones down the gaudiest of Moroccan clichés without sacrificing a sense of place.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026
Your composition captures flowers, chamoy and other candies and fruit sumptuously arranged in and around a ceramic jar from LACMA’s permanent collection.

— Stephanie Shih June 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

Definition of sumptuously

Adverb

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
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

Definition of opulently

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