lush
adjective
(of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
lushly
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a word derived from
lush.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Day’s lushly orchestrated score, sweetly tonal throughout and full of harp riffs, is paced with a mellow sameness that even the frequent big climaxes can’t jolt into dramatic excitement or dangerous energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The lushly poetic text by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba happens to have been written by the grandfather of one of Dudamel’s closest collaborators, film and theater director Alberto Alvero, who directed the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
The lushly landscaped acreage includes a pool, patio, beach cabana, and private dock.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2025
The music itself blends jazz, blues and gospel music, creating a compositional voice the New York Times described as "dominated by lushly chromatic and modal harmonic writing, spiked with jagged rhythms and tart dissonance."
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2024
It seemed to Kabuo a lushly textured dream, fogbound, still, and silent.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
