lavish
adjective
expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion.
lavishness
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a word derived from
lavish.
Example Sentences
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It all makes quite the spectacle, but this fight does not need such lavishness.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
The light, absurd comedy, which gently mocks the lavishness of other musicals, premiered in 1994 at the American Repertory Theatre and was close to making it to Broadway.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
It didn't feel that it was a time for for lavishness.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023
The unprecedented can happen when someone roams the fields for 7,036 rushing yards and 114 touchdowns, a lavishness that could turn many a man into a diva.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2021
The pardoning of political offenders, the banishment of informers, the reduction of taxes, coupled with lavishness in public entertainments and donations, all made Gaius popular with the Senate, the army and the city plebs.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
