SUMPTUOUSLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

sumptuously

adverb

Definition of sumptuously

as in luxuriously

in a luxurious manner a history book sumptuously illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs

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Recent Examples of sumptuously 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 The kind of experience these companies curate manages to be sumptuously luxe and transformatively meaningful—and offers plenty of swashbuckling tales to tell. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 24 May 2026 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 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 They are sumptuously and seriously displayed. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sumptuously

Adverb

Think of Sunriver as a luxuriously rustic, family-style retreat packed with both warm and cold-weather activities.

— Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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.

— Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026

Definition of luxuriously

Adverb

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
Training works best when the system helps people minimize risks and recover safely, not fail expensively.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of expensively

Adverb

These, alas, were hard to spot, the exception being a gentleman whose torso, richly tattooed, was encased in a transparent cuirass.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
From Khaite to Colleen Allen, designers embraced the era with richly detailed texture, glamorous shapes, fringe, gloves, velvet, and opulent evening bags.

— Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 13 July 2026

Definition of richly

Adverb

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

Definition of extravagantly

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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
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

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

This is a rematch of a 2022 semifinal, which was comfortably won by France.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
The former YouTube executive will command a budget comfortably north of £1 billion a year, making her second only to the BBC’s Kate Phillips as the most powerful content chief in the UK.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 9 July 2026

Definition of comfortably

Adverb

By Todd Woody, Bloomberg On a warm summer morning, two fire officials navigate an SUV along a narrow road that switchbacks high into the hills above the town of Fairfax, California, where thickets of trees conceal hundreds of homes.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Paul, also sporting a buzz cut now, runs to the top of a plinth, high above a massive, cheering crowd.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 8 July 2026

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