luxuriouslyadv.
In a luxurious manner.† a. Lasciviously, lustfully (obsolete).
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adverb]
lustilyc1410
concupiscentlyc1450
sensuallyc1450
lasciviously1546
luxuriously?c1550
lustly1598
libidinously1602
lustfully1610
concupiscentially1627
lasciviently1664
rammishly1693
sluttishly1952
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 260 Emonge the captives was the wife of Sigifredus,..whome the kinges sonn Edmundus hadd long since luxuriuslie deflowred.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 121 Besides what hotter houres..you haue Luxuriously pickt out. View more context for this quotation
b. In the enjoyment of luxury and pleasure; plentifully, sumptuously, voluptuously.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adverb]
softlya1375
softc1405
luxuriously1605
plushily1916
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adverb] > gratifying luxuriously
deliciouslyc1300
delicately1357
voluptuously1532
lusciously1566
luxuriously1605
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] > profusely, luxuriously, or lushly
lushlyc1440
riotously1466
profusedly1584
profusely1595
luxuriously1605
lavishly1841
1605 S. Daniel Ulisses & Siren 15 To spend the time luxuriously Becomes not men of worth.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires iii. 46 Mice and Rats..with Heroick Verse luxuriously were fed.
1796 J. Moser Hermit of Caucasus I. 65 The plain abounding in fruits, luxuriously supplied.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. xi. 141 Giraldus Cambrensis..found the monks dining more luxuriously than the King.
1900 Edinb. Rev. July 223 A great heiress living luxuriously in London.
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