lavishly
/ˈlævɪʃli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He was noted to entertain lavishly, throwing the biggest and best parties in town."
- "At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkley, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor."
- "I suspect fruity language is lavishly used on building sites and in 10 Downing Street, but not so much in middle-ranking jobs. Iain Duncan Smith once told a Treasury mandarin on the phone "If you ever speak to my officials like that again I'll bite your balls off and send them to you in a box.""
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lavausly
Inflected Forms
more lavishly (comparative)
most lavishly (superlative)