1 in a beautiful and expensive manner:
a richly decorated / furnished room
2 used to express the fact that sth has a pleasant strong colour, taste or smell:
a richly-flavoured sauce * The polished floor glowed richly.
3 in a generous way:
She was richly rewarded for all her hard work.
4 in a way that people think is right and good:
richly deserved success * richly earned respect
5 used to express the fact that the quality or thing mentioned is present in large amounts:
richly varied countryside * a richly atmospheric novel
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for richly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is richly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, richly is tagged as adverb.
Does richly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — richly appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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