as in expensively
in a luxurious manner
a richly decorated penthouse that showed off the owner's art collection to its best advantage
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Recent Examples of richly
The need to convert customers into subscribers and to upsell current subscribers to higher service tiers means that Apple’s users are now subject to some of the same kinds of notifications and reminders that so richly annoy PC users in Windows 11.
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ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
While the life term was mandated under federal law, the judge described it as richly deserved for a man who has lived a veritable lifetime of crime.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The result is a film that feels both richly designed and thrillingly alive — with a delightfully intelligent composition that never calcifies into anxiety.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
Trained on such a corpus, an AI helper could speak your company’s language fluently, and reveal richly profitable connections in your files.
—Erik German, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
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ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
While the life term was mandated under federal law, the judge described it as richly deserved for a man who has lived a veritable lifetime of crime.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The result is a film that feels both richly designed and thrillingly alive — with a delightfully intelligent composition that never calcifies into anxiety.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
Trained on such a corpus, an AI helper could speak your company’s language fluently, and reveal richly profitable connections in your files.
—Erik German, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for richly
Adverb
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The Hormuz closure confirmed this shift loudly, expensively, and irreversibly.—
Tenzin Seldon,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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The City Football Group, with Manchester City as the jewel in its crown, is a prime — and expensively-assembled — example.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This simple recipe from former Food editor Amy Scattergood adds cornmeal and corn flour, which gives the pancake a luxuriously sweet edge.—
Senior Food Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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Wearing sweats outside the house is officially acceptable (at least to us) thanks to this lightly slouchy and luxuriously soft pair.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 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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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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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
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
Adverb
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Holland attempted to address the problem by trading for Artemi Panarin before the Olympic break, but the high-scoring forward couldn’t make up for the Olympic injury loss of fellow high scorer Kevin Fiala.—
Greg Beacham,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Ruben Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa since 2021, and nine current or former high-ranking Mexican officials were charged in a five-count indictment unsealed Wednesday with allegedly helping a faction of the cartel led by the Chapitos, the sons of Joaquin Guzman Loera — also known as El Chapo.—
Mauricio Torres,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
Adverb
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His Thunder comfortably won what could be considered his worst game in nearly a year.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The card slot comfortably fits three to five cards, as well as bills and coins.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
5 May 2026
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“Richly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/richly. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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