richly

/ (ˈrɪtʃlɪ) /

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in a rich or elaborate mannera richly decorated carving

fully and appropriatelyhe was richly rewarded for his service

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For the aficionado or the neophyte, Comics is a useful overview of a richly creative period in a burgeoning art.
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Readers who can get past the odd structure will be richly rewarded.
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Bob Hope was the most beloved, honored, and richly rewarded comedian of all time.
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And anyway, if Brecht did not want us to feel for Mother Courage, why did he make her so richly shaded and humanly fallible?
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With the election of Thomas Jefferson two years later, this law was allowed to die the death it so richly deserved.
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If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Rouen is interesting for its antiquities, including several venerable and richly adorned Churches which I had no time to visit.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
It has been richly painted, the arms of France being on the back, and the motto 'Pietate et Justitia' on the sides.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
Many of them were richly carved and ornamented in the most superb manner.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

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