sumptiously

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adverb

Profusely; sumptuously; praiseworthily; delightfully.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adverbsumptiously (comparative more sumptiously, superlative most sumptiously)

comparative more sumptiously · superlative most sumptiously

  1. rareProfusely; sumptuously; praiseworthily; delightfully.

    Few members of a viewing audience are critical of a production's scenery. When the curtain rises on a sumptiously decorated or highly detailed realistic setting, almost without expectation audiences react with surprise and pleasure, following which spontaneous applause erupts.

    1993, Darwin Reid Payne, Scenographic Imagination, Southern Illinois University Press - Carbondale and Edwardsville, page 51

Origin

Blend of 'sumptuous' and suffix '-tious' (as in 'compunctuous' and 'compunctious').

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APA

sumptiously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sumptiously

MLA

“sumptiously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sumptiously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sumptiously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sumptiously.

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