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# richly

«richly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a beautiful, expensive or lavish way, as richly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (richly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Richly means in a beautiful, expensive or lavish way, as richly dressed or richly decorated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#m1)

2) Richly means fully and well, as in «richly deserved». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#m2)

3) Richly means in large amounts or with strong colour, flavour or detail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, kings and queens are richly dressed in velvet and gold; churches and palaces are richly decorated. In ethics and praise, «richly deserved» means fully earned. In descriptive writing, «richly coloured» paintings use strong colours. Phrases: «richly deserved», «richly decorated», «richly rewarded», «richly coloured».

### examples

- The queen was richly dressed in silk and jewels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#x1)
- The church was richly decorated for Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#x2)
- Her prize was richly deserved after so much hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#x3)
- The cake was richly flavoured with chocolate and cherries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#x4)
- His kindness was richly rewarded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#x5)
- The book is richly illustrated with colourful pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#x6)
- Richly bound books, note-paper, and drawings, lay on the large table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/#x7)

### note

From «rich» + «-ly». «Richly» does not only mean «with lots of money»; «richly deserved» means completely deserved. Comparison: more richly, most richly.

### In the corpora

- [Jacob loved Joseph most and gave him a richly decorated coat, which made his brothers jealous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/7/)
- [The word "coat of many colours" comes from old English Bibles; newer ones often say "richly ornamented robe".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/19/)
- [and thou didst take thy richly woven garments and cover them, and didst set Mine oil and Mine incense before them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.329/)
- [She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.755/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «richly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.