单词 | sumptuously |
释义 | sumptuouslyadv. 1. In a sumptuous manner; extravagantly; lavishly, splendidly, magnificently. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adverb] > sumptuously richlyOE sumptuouslyc1487 richestly1506 opiparously1653 superbly1656 sumptuous1721 plushily1916 plushly1951 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adverb] worthlyeOE worthlyOE worthily?c1225 reallya1375 proudc1384 riallya1387 royallyc1405 proudly?a1425 rialc1425 stately?a1439 personably1481 sumptuouslyc1487 magnificentlya1552 majestically1577 in state1580 palatially1867 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adverb] > involving great expense costly1395 preciouslyc1395 costiouslyc1425 costfullya1464 costlew1480 sumptuouslyc1487 costlilya1500 preciousc1500 expensively?1607 deeply1631 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 129 And the vsuall entayllynge of statues and ymagis emonge Thegipcyens in theyr sepulturis sumptuously wrought, he brought from thens in-to his owne contree. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xli The Frenche kyng..sumpteously banquetted theim. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xvi. 19 There was a certaine rich man, which..fared sumptuously euery day. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 225 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The women are very sumptuously clad. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xvi. 127 When we had feasted sumptuously, he..adjourned with me to an ale-house hard by. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 251 Not sumptuously adorn'd, nor needing aid, Like homely featur'd night, of clust'ring gems. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 76 The whole has been sumptuously coloured. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 216 The sumptuously-attired Timothy. 1920 Hist. Amer. Field Service France 1914–17 II. 157 The sumptuously verdant countryside of France. 1974 National Geographic Jan. 129/2 We dined sumptuously on native dishes. 2002 Getaway Dec. 51/2 A sumptuously illustrated coffee-table book. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adverb] > nobly descended sumptuously1750 1750 H. Walpole Let. 18 Oct. (1857) II. 229 Why, child, you will find yourself as sumptuously descended as—‘All the blood of all the Howards’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1487 |
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