sumptuous
adjective
entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly.
sumptuously
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a word derived from
sumptuous.
Example Sentences
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Dean is also a former nominee, for her 2023 debut album Messy, and returns thanks to the sumptuously singable soul songs on The Art of Loving.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Claire Salinda: Your composition captures flowers, chamoy and other candies and fruit sumptuously arranged in and around a ceramic jar from LACMA’s permanent collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
As designed by David Rockwell, it’s sumptuously drenched in Art Deco, a pristinely elegant background in amusing contrast to the farcically inelegant events that take place in it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Two years ago, the Philharmonic premiered Thompson’s sumptuously moody song cycle “The Places We Leave.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Abandoned buildings were seen less often, die naked children vanished, the bravos in the doorways seemed more sumptuously dressed.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
