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Meanings of sumptuousness in inglés

portugués
luxo
catalán
opulència
español
lujo

Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living.

        lujo
        portugués
        luxo
        catalán
        sumptuositat
        español
        lujo

        The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.

              lujo
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              Examples for "lavishness"
              Examples for "lavishness"
              1
              His lavishness was indiscriminate except in that he entertained only the rich.
              And Even Now
              2
              And you know the lavishness of the big ranches, then and now.
              Island Tales / On the Makaloa Mat
              3
              To all questions as to the surprising lavishness of cost, Diggory replied:
              By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
              4
              She sheds it on me hourly with a lavishness which scares me.
              Simon the Jester
              5
              The liberal man tends to err in the direction of lavishness.
              The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy
              1
              Neither Lyons, Bordeaux, Nantes, can compare with it for sumptuosity.
              In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
              2
              Site, sumptuosity, climate, vegetation here attain their acme; so far, indeed, Nice may be pronounced flawless.
              In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
              3
              To facilitate matters the two friends progressively modified the sumptuosity of the program they had imposed upon themselves.
              Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
              4
              He was rather a favourite with the regiment, treating the young officers with sumptuosity, and amusing them by his military airs.
              Vanity Fair
              5
              Which will seem a strange doctrine, in these days of gold-nuggets, railway-fortunes, and miraculous, sumptuosities regardless of expense.
              History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04
              Usage of sumptuousness in inglés
              1
              Some of them are almost palatial in size and sumptuousness of arrangement.
              Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
              2
              Her house was magnificent, her private apartments almost stifling in their sumptuousness.
              The Californians
              3
              Garrick took pride in their sumptuousness, in their immaculate, virginal splendour.
              Americans and Others
              4
              The first impression made by the Medici frescoes is their sumptuousness.
              A Wanderer in Florence
              5
              His brother, Chantonnay, reproached him with the sumptuousness and disorder of his establishment.
              The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 08: 1563-64
              6
              There had been banquets of staggering sumptuousness in the Great Hall of Paras Derval.
              The darkest road
              7
              He's the guest of a Viceroy and living in sumptuousness.
              Jaffery
              8
              All this "crowded sumptuousness" was due to the taste of Lady Blessington.
              Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 3
              9
              The arrangements are practically uniform however great may be the differences of sumptuousness and spaciousness.
              Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
              10
              Ascher does not care for sumptuousness or abundance; but he knows how to eat well.
              Gossamer
              11
              The gardens were laid out with art and sumptuousness.
              A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
              12
              Hereby was expressed the utmost sumptuousness of a palace.
              Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
              13
              It gets a first-rate production from Laurence Boswell, which is physically spare yet implies sumptuousness.
              The Guardian
              14
              Ti Green's design pulls sumptuousness out of spareness.
              The Guardian
              15
              But Titian was all for sumptuousness.
              A Wanderer in Venice
              16
              Indeed, a great deal of the pomp and sumptuousness of the world's history was simple in the truest sense.
              Twelve Types
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              Translations for sumptuousness
              español
              lujo
              Sumptuousness through the time