What does lavishly mean?

lavishly means "in a wasteful manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lavishly?

lavishly has 3 syllables: lav-ish-ly. The stress falls on "lav". In IPA it is /ˈlævɪʃli/.

What is another word for lavishly?

Close synonyms include extravagantly, richly, extravagantly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lavishly a common word?

lavishly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

lavishly — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a wasteful manner
“the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap”
Synonymsextravagantly
2.
in a rich and lavish manner
“lavishly decorated”
Synonymsrichly extravagantly

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