richly
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 →
2) Richly means fully and well, as in «richly deserved». tree →
3) Richly means in large amounts or with strong colour, flavour or detail. tree →
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 →
- The church was richly decorated for Christmas. tree →
- Her prize was richly deserved after so much hard work. tree →
- The cake was richly flavoured with chocolate and cherries. tree →
- His kindness was richly rewarded. tree →
- The book is richly illustrated with colourful pictures. tree →
- Richly bound books, note-paper, and drawings, lay on the large table. tree →
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.
- The word "coat of many colours" comes from old English Bibles; newer ones often say "richly ornamented robe".
- and thou didst take thy richly woven garments and cover them, and didst set Mine oil and Mine incense before them.
- She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «richly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.