sumptiously
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of 'sumptuous' and suffix '-tious' (as in 'compunctuous' and 'compunctious').
Adverb
[edit]sumptiously (comparative more sumptiously, superlative most sumptiously)
- (rare) Profusely; sumptuously; praiseworthily; delightfully.
- 1993, Darwin Reid Payne, Scenographic Imagination, Southern Illinois University Press - Carbondale and Edwardsville, page 51
- Few members of a viewing audience are critical of a production's scenery. When the curtain rises on a sumptiously decorated or highly detailed realistic setting, almost without expectation audiences react with surprise and pleasure, following which spontaneous applause erupts.
- 1993, Darwin Reid Payne, Scenographic Imagination, Southern Illinois University Press - Carbondale and Edwardsville, page 51