as in expensively
in a luxurious manner
a richly decorated penthouse that showed off the owner's art collection to its best advantage
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Recent Examples of richly
Only one apartment; huge, but richly furnished, and the nervous owner wanted $200 per month.
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John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
With layered aromas, richly textured palates, and long, satisfying finishes, each bottle offers an incredible experience at a price that won’t break the bank.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Culp’s eye-popping payout easily tops Procter & Gamble CEO Jon Moeller’s annual compensation of $23 million reported in August, which until this week, made the consumer products executive the region’s most richly paid.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
Your figures often appear clothed in richly detailed textiles and garments that seem to carry as much weight as the subjects themselves.
—Essence, 17 June 2025
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John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
With layered aromas, richly textured palates, and long, satisfying finishes, each bottle offers an incredible experience at a price that won’t break the bank.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Culp’s eye-popping payout easily tops Procter & Gamble CEO Jon Moeller’s annual compensation of $23 million reported in August, which until this week, made the consumer products executive the region’s most richly paid.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
Your figures often appear clothed in richly detailed textiles and garments that seem to carry as much weight as the subjects themselves.
—Essence, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for richly
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That’s probably because the shoes come up large and were slightly too wide in our regular size.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2025
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That these are happening at a moment of precariousness for the industry writ large makes the stakes that much higher.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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The president was first seen in a box high above the playing field.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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On a rocky ridge high above a rustic valley, east of the resort town of Kaş, are the ruins of Kyaenai.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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“Richly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/richly. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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