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
Skyscrapers could have made a historic but dilapidated neighborhood more varied and richly layered.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
The country is home to its own richly-layered history of healing techniques and traditions dating back thousands of years to indigenous people groups like the Aztecs and Mayas.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Tucker was a counterintuitive criminal who was motivated not by money but, even more richly, by the pure, joyous thrill of getting away with something.
—K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Like pioneering American artists such as Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor, Pascoal is the master of his own musical universe, a richly diverse aural cosmos where all styles converge to form an exotic whole.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
The country is home to its own richly-layered history of healing techniques and traditions dating back thousands of years to indigenous people groups like the Aztecs and Mayas.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Tucker was a counterintuitive criminal who was motivated not by money but, even more richly, by the pure, joyous thrill of getting away with something.
—K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Like pioneering American artists such as Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor, Pascoal is the master of his own musical universe, a richly diverse aural cosmos where all styles converge to form an exotic whole.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for richly
Adverb
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New technology can solve crimes faster, safer, and less expensively than ever before.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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In sport organizations, where cultures are often lean, fast-moving and emotionally charged, this spiral happens quickly and expensively.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The pullover-style design boasts a ribbed high neckline, a ribbed hem, a luxuriously soft material, and side slits that are modest enough for the office.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Sep. 2025
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Sunset Luxury Smokeshow Co also has a luxuriously soft line of mesh clothing.—
Emily Earlenbaugh,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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That’s probably because the shoes come up large and were slightly too wide in our regular size.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2025
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That these are happening at a moment of precariousness for the industry writ large makes the stakes that much higher.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
Adverb
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Around this time, Gaudí was overseeing the building of the Casa Milà, a sumptuously curvaceous apartment building in Barcelona.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Lobster is the most popular entrée and it is sumptuously served once a week – such as broiled, in risotto, or Thermidor, and all menus repeat after 28 days.—
Debbi Kickham,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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The sign — fixed high on the outside wall of the black and red painted concrete block building — was to be removed before demolition and donated to the Wisconsin Black Historical Society/ Museum under the requirements of the demolition contract.—
Mary Spicuzza,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Bill Walsh used to yell at Joe Montana if the bomb wasn’t one yard out from the body and chest high to a receiver on the dead run at the catch point.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Technically, the home could comfortably fit a family of six or more, though there would be some sharing involved.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
8 Oct. 2025
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That was basically enough to erase all the other positives from a game the Chiefs should’ve won — and probably comfortably.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Richly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/richly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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