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extravagantly

adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

With lavish expenditure or behaviour; in an extravagant manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adverb

Meaning 2

in a rich and lavish manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

lavishly decorated

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Synonyms: lavishly, richly

Antonyms: none provided

adverb

Meaning 3

in an abundant manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

they were abundantly supplied with food
he thanked her profusely

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Synonyms: abundantly, copiously, profusely

Antonyms: none provided

adverb

Meaning 4

in a wasteful manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lavishly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English extravagant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English extravagantly From extravagant + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Bulgarian: екстравагантно (ekstravagantno) — with lavish expenditure
Bulgarian: разточително (raztočitelno) — with lavish expenditure
Latin: affluenter — with lavish expenditure
Spanish: costosamente — with lavish expenditure

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more extravagantly — comparative
most extravagantly — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: overextravagantly

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