Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With riches; with wealth or affluence; sumptuously; amply or abundantly; with unusual excellence of quality; finely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a rich manner.
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- adverb In a
rich manner; full of flavor or expression.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to an ample degree or in an ample manner
- adverb in a rich manner
- adverb in a rich and lavish manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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An amusing, heartwarming adventure put forth in richly flavored prose.
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This is a guy who's benefited quite richly from a star system that's all about capitalism.
Glass and steel Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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Written in richly described flashbacks that slowly reveal the characters 'almost surreal connections, this deceptively understated novel asks crucial questions about how to live and reconcile history in an atomic age.
The Ash Garden: Summary and book reviews of The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock. 2001
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Mannequins in richly embroidered native dress show costumes worn in the various villages.
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Mannequins in richly embroidered native dress show costumes worn in the various villages.
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It never could have welled up so sweetly and richly from a despot's breast.
A Discourse in Memory of our Late President, Abraham Lincoln 1865
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Though he failed in his judicial aspirations for Alcalde, and Judge Field succeeded, yet his continued exertions and marked influence caused him to leave a name richly associated with all the early history of Marysville and vicinity.
Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State Stephen Johnson Field 1857
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Brunswick are to her what the railroads are now to other countries: and richly is she blessed with sparkling waters from the diamond flashings of the mountain rill to the still calm beauty of the sheltered lake, the silvery streams, the sweeping river, and the unfrozen width of the winter harbour of her noble bay.
Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America Frederick 1845
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It offers, in other words, a richly varied menu of cinema, not just this week's most hyped releases.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Rupert Christiansen 2012
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I recalled the richly robed, veiled, wheedling free woman whom I had permitted to place it there.
Cinnamon Roll 2010
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