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as in generously
in a generous manner
complained that the university spends lavishly on the football program but underfunds other sports
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as in expensively
in a luxurious manner
Hollywood celebrities are known for living lavishly
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Recent Examples of lavishly
Meta has spent lavishly to form a Superintelligence Labs group that develops advanced AI models, and on Wednesday announced its new model called Muse Spark.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Allbirds spent lavishly on ad campaigns aimed at pushing new iterations of its signature wool shoes and touting sneakers made of materials like eucalyptus-tree-fiber pulp.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe sheathed the walls with it at his client’s Villa Tugendhat in Brno, now a UNESCO World Heritage site; in Paris, the interiors of the mid-19th-century Hôtel de la Païva are lavishly studded with yellow onyx.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2026
Thomas Bryant, whom Atkinson lavishly praised as a backup big who always tries on defense, logged only 13 minutes.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Kennedy’s speech was heroic, lavishly bold, and audacious.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
That’s why this show, set on a yacht, sees four couples living lavishly topside — and the rest of the singles below deck, cleaning up after the others.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Social networking giant Meta has been spending lavishly on AI infrastructure for its products, and has projected capital expenditures of as much as $135 billion in 2026 alone.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
The playbook for investors over the past three years has been to seek exposure to all things artificial intelligence, rewarding big tech companies that spent lavishly on AI development.
—Eric J Weiner, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026
Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Allbirds spent lavishly on ad campaigns aimed at pushing new iterations of its signature wool shoes and touting sneakers made of materials like eucalyptus-tree-fiber pulp.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe sheathed the walls with it at his client’s Villa Tugendhat in Brno, now a UNESCO World Heritage site; in Paris, the interiors of the mid-19th-century Hôtel de la Païva are lavishly studded with yellow onyx.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2026
Thomas Bryant, whom Atkinson lavishly praised as a backup big who always tries on defense, logged only 13 minutes.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Kennedy’s speech was heroic, lavishly bold, and audacious.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
That’s why this show, set on a yacht, sees four couples living lavishly topside — and the rest of the singles below deck, cleaning up after the others.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Social networking giant Meta has been spending lavishly on AI infrastructure for its products, and has projected capital expenditures of as much as $135 billion in 2026 alone.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
The playbook for investors over the past three years has been to seek exposure to all things artificial intelligence, rewarding big tech companies that spent lavishly on AI development.
—Eric J Weiner, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lavishly
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In the new location, dig a generously sized hole that offers ample room for the rootball.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
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Emotionally secure people generously give others the benefit of the doubt.—
Jessica Weiss,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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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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And the Knicks better be ready, ready for the Celtics to attempt to exact some revenge for the way things ended a season ago.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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This will better set you up to have a productive conversation with your stepdaughter about what everyone expects going forward.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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The luxuriously plush microfiber hair towel wrap, with more than 25,000 positive reviews, is specially designed to gently and quickly dry hair, helping to prevent frizz and damage.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The camera lingers, luxuriously, on the dilapidated roadside.—
Elena Clavarino,
Air Mail,
14 Mar. 2026
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All the decorative details, from the burl wood headboards, curved armchairs or sofas, retro tiled bathrooms and alabaster suspension lamps, thoughtfully whisk guests to another time.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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And good architects can actually elevate the earlier structures when thoughtfully incorporating them into new designs.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Its shape, especially when rendered in the house’s iconic matelassé 3D quilting, gives the bag its richly textured, dimensional appeal.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2026
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Their quality, richly saturated and startlingly clear, transformed the market for the stone worldwide and earned Sauer widespread plaudits for both championing their use and stretching the definition of what an emerald could do.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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How can vocals be as bountifully impressive as Mars’ are here and still leave you thinking that there’s no lived experience in any of the songs?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Some larvae settled down, plantlike, to build colonies of flower bud–like polyps, of which some went butterflying off while others stayed behind as bountifully budding polyps.—
Mandy-Suzanne Wong,
Longreads,
5 Feb. 2026
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If so, what is such a large and extravagantly funded force meant to do?—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Will Vicari’s wig and makeup design complete the extravagantly artificial fashion of the period.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lavishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lavishly. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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