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sumptiously

sumptiously adverb: profusely; sumptuously; praiseworthily; delightfully.

Adverb

sumptiously (comparative more sumptiously, superlative most sumptiously)

  1. (rare) Profusely; 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

Forms of sumptiously

comparativemore sumptiously
superlativemost sumptiously

Origin of sumptiously

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

Questions about sumptiously

What does sumptiously mean?
Sumptiously means profusely; sumptuously; praiseworthily; delightfully.
What part of speech is sumptiously?
Sumptiously is an adverb.

Words near sumptiously in the dictionary

  1. sumpters
  2. sumptin
  3. sumptin'
  4. sumption
  5. sumptions
  6. sumptiously
  7. sumptuaries
  8. sumptuarily
  9. sumptuary
  10. sumptuary law
  11. sumptuary laws

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