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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
richly
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
richly deserve sth (=greatly deserve something good that happens)
▪ Her success was richly deserved.
richly/exquisitely/lavishly etc ornamented
▪ a table richly ornamented with carvings
richly/extremely/widely etc varied
▪ A good teacher is aware of the extremely varied needs of each student.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
decorated
▪ Richly carved exterior depicts famous figures and scenes from Northampton's history, the interior is richly decorated.
▪ These showed, as also did his later buildings, remarkable delicacy and inventiveness, especially in their richly decorated interiors.
▪ There are 500 statues here, as well as richly decorated gables.
▪ Around a richly decorated dining table, the remains of Drachenfels' royal and aristocratic dupes sit.
▪ It was a richly decorated example and still contains a coffered marble ceiling and part of the cella wall.
▪ It is made of polychrome brick in richly decorated patterns in reds, browns and yellows.
▪ Tablinum Large room generally richly decorated and sculptured.
▪ Their shields were embossed with gold or silver; their long, curved swords were in richly decorated scabbards.
■ VERB
decorate
▪ The interiors of some houses, shrines and temples were richly decorated with frescoes.
deserve
▪ The Conference outfit richly deserved their win after twice taking the lead through Richie Mitchell.
▪ The boos were unmistakable, unending and richly deserved.
▪ Nobody could say it was anything but richly deserved.
▪ The national media made her a heroine, status richly deserved, and the sympathy grew even more.
▪ Oh, Charles dear, this is an honour you so richly deserve.
▪ Some richly deserved to be abandoned.
▪ It must be heartening for the company to enjoy such royal favour; they richly deserve it.
earn
▪ The life membership to Eric is richly earned.
textured
▪ All are meticulously researched, richly textured, deeply affecting, and sober in their judgments.
▪ They were just timely and richly textured books.
vary
▪ This small natural-looking pool is framed by a richly varied planting including variegated grasses and irises, hostas and primulas.
▪ With instruments and voices carefully mixed and contrasted, the overall programme is richly varied.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brightly/highly/richly etc coloured
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
richly furnished rooms
▪ He accepted a richly paid position with the company.
▪ The bread was dark and richly flavored.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Each Gospel begins with a richly ornamented page in which the opening words of the text are submerged by the decoration.
▪ Her pictures remain richly evocative of natural forms and textures.
▪ Life is far more richly graded and shaded, in reality, than terms like working-class and middle-class allow.
▪ The keystones are richly carved and the arch soffit is deeply coffered and enriched.
▪ The sides of the casket are richly ornate in artistic enamel work and includes cameo paintings of the Kenilworth and Larne clubhouses.
▪ This means that the building is, however richly ornamented, a simple hall.
▪ We walked along ancient stone irrigation channels down the richly cultivated terraces of San Blas Bay.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Richly

Richly \Rich"ly\, adv. In a rich manner.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
richly

Old English ricelice "powerfully, sumptuously;" see rich (adj.) + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
richly

adv. In a rich manner; full of flavor or expression.

WordNet
richly
  1. adv. to an ample degree or in an ample manner; "these voices were amply represented"; "we benefited richly" [syn: amply] [ant: meagerly]

  2. in a rich manner; "he lives high" [syn: high, luxuriously]

  3. in a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated" [syn: lavishly, extravagantly]

Usage examples of "richly".

Thereafter as the night aged, they were shown to a sleeping chamber, which albeit not richly decked, or plenished with precious things, was most dainty clean, and sweet smelling, and strewn with flowers, so that the night was sweet to them in a chamber of love.

Although he was dressed richly in red velvet laced with gold, he struck Alec at once as someone of much less importance than the others.

Now, with the swift coming of the jungle dawn, the plain had been transformed into a rippling sea of emerald, of malachite, alexandrite, and amazon-stone green, richly flecked with topaz and amethyst.

Nevertheless, Champagne, or, if you prefer to say so, the departments of the Aube, Marne, and Haut-Marne, richly endowed with vineyards, the fame of which is world-wide, are otherwise full of flourishing industries.

The drawbridge was immediately lowered at his call, and richly clad servants bade him welcome with joyful mien.

A lady in a Greek dress richly adorned with diamonds came up to me, and said in a falsetto voice that she would like to dance with me.

Citron and Ivory, were richly adorned and spread with cloath of gold, the Cups were garnished pretiously, and there were divers other things of sundry fashion, but of like estimation and price : here stood a glasse gorgeously wrought, there stood another of Christall finely painted.

Before the door, which communicated with the cubiculum, hung a curtain richly broidered with gold flowers.

The more advanced leaves are seen to be seven-cut, each lobe divided and sub-divided by cuts less deep, the whole leaf being richly toothed and veined.

Finally he drew on a sort of short cyclas or tabard of richly embroidered dark green velvet It was seamed from waist to hips and cut off short there, exposing the full length of his legs.

Ali Dey sat with folded legs upon the richly draped divan of the deys of Algiers.

These walls were painted in encaustic, corresponding with the coved ceiling, which was richly adorned in the same fashion.

Prince Ennit strolled toward the fire, his richly embroidered velvet cloak held close around him, though the night was mild.

Both Broullard and Faucon wore tailor-made flying leathers of the highest quality with shirt and trousers underneath of richly patterned silk.

The exterior is richly and peculiarly ornamented, to show the progress of fictile art.