lavishly

comparative more lavishly · superlative most lavishly

1. In a lavish manner, expending profusely.

   He was noted to entertain lavishly, throwing the biggest and best parties in town.

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   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.

   1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC

   "Instead, a film he had expected to alienate 90% of its audience and draw flak from feminist groups, gay groups, anti-racist campaigners and conservatives has been lavishly praised by the press, communist and conservative alike."

   2002 August 2, Geoffrey Macnab, “'The rape had to be disgusting to be useful'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022

   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."

   2023 February 1, Carol Midgley, quoting Iain Duncan Smith, “House pomposity is one of the few remaining joys in British life”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023