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Meanings of gorgeously in English

In an impressively beautiful manner.

Usage of gorgeously in English
1
The table was gorgeously decorated; the wine was perfect; the dishes Parisian.
The Sowers
2
The prince is fitting it up gorgeously in the Louis XIV.th style.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 18...
3
A gorgeously dressed woman in the proper place is a fine sight.
Manners and Social Usages
4
The servant entered, bringing a note gorgeously crested and coroneted in gold.
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
5
She played everything gorgeously, but her simple interpretations of Chopin were devastating.
The new yorker
6
It was an ideal winter day, clear and crisp and gorgeously white.
Chicken Little Jane
7
Still, Ex Machina remains a gorgeously constructed, elegant distillation of familiar notions.
The Irish Times
8
He pushed open the door and entered a somewhat gorgeously furnished salon.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
9
Ornate, gorgeously detailed costumes drape brown bodies that glisten in the sun.
Ebony
10
Each member of this court was gorgeously dressed according to his profession.
Queen Sheba's Ring
11
Dusk had fallen, and his playing rippled gorgeously through the overheated building.
The Guardian
12
The woman was beautiful, a glorious, dark creature, gorgeously dressed and jewelled.
The Lion's Mouse
13
No one writes more gorgeously about the transports of recreational drug use.
The Guardian
14
The Turk's heaven is a gorgeously idealized pleasure garden or celestial harem.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
15
The huge, gorgeously coloured masses of artificial rock completely dominated the studio.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
16
Then she was taken back to the women's apartments, and clad gorgeously.
The Scapegoat
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common