richlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈrɪtʃli/, U.S.

/ˈrɪtʃli/

Forms: Old English riclice, early Middle English richelike, early Middle English richlice, Middle English richeleche, Middle English richeley, Middle English richeli, Middle English richelich, Middle English richeliche, Middle English richelly, Middle English richelych, Middle English richli, Middle English rycheley, Middle English rycheliche, Middle English rychelyche, Middle English rychelye, Middle English–1500s richelie, Middle English–1500s richlie, Middle English–1500s rychely, Middle English–1500s rychly, Middle English–1600s richelye, Middle English–1600s (1700s archaic) richely, Middle English– richly, late Middle English ryclych, 1500s rechlye, 1500s richlye, 1500s ritchely, 1500s rychlye, 1500s rytchelye, 1500s rytchly, 1500s–1600s ritchlie, 1500s–1600s ritchly, 1500s–1600s ritchlye, 1600s rytchlie; Scottish pre-1700 rechlie, pre-1700 richelie, pre-1700 richely, pre-1700 richlie, pre-1700 richlye, pre-1700 ritchlie, pre-1700 ritchly, pre-1700 rychelie, pre-1700 rychely, pre-1700 rychelye, pre-1700 rychlie, pre-1700 rychly, pre-1700 1700s– richly.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch rikelike (Dutch rijkelijk ), Middle Low German rīkelīken , Old High German rīhlīhho (Middle High German rīchelīche , rīlīche , German reichlich ), Old Icelandic ríkuliga , Old Swedish rikelika (Swedish rikligen , also rikligt ), Old Danish rigeligh (Danish rigelig ) < the Germanic base of rich adj. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix².

†1. With great authority or power. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xix. 145 Ge budon suiðe riclice & suiðe agendlice [L. cum austeritate imperabatis eis, et cum potentia].

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) ix. 78 On ðam dagum rixode Æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyrig riclice [L. potentissimus].

c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 389 Whanne he hereþ þe speke so richeliche..he wile beo wel bliþe..And falle..to þi fote.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 264 (MED) Durst non oȝain him kiþe, Bot ȝalt him tour and toun..No was no king wiþ croun, So richeliche hadde y done.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 308 (MED) He coȝed ful hyȝe, Ande rimed hym ful richly [Tolkien & G. richley], & ryȝt hym to speke.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 188 (MED) He comaunded and somowned..wele viij Ml. men..and thise greved the saisnes..the Duke hym contened in this maner richely as ye haue herde.

2. In a rich, sumptuous, or splendid manner; luxuriously, opulently.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adverb]

richlyOE

richa1325

wealthfully?1529

wealthily1534

opulently1542

affluently1631

substantially1656

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adverb] > sumptuously

richlyOE

sumptuouslyc1487

richestly1506

opiparously1653

superbly1656

sumptuous1721

plushily1916

plushly1951

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 19 Sum welig man wæs, & he..dæghwamlice riclice [L. splendide] gewistfullude.

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 13133 Hii come sone to þan folk of Rome richeliche [c1275 wurðliliche] i-wepnid.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1662 (MED) Þe coupe was richeli wrouȝt, Of gold it was, þe pin.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1931 (MED) Þe real emperours a-risen & richeli hem greiþed wiþ alle worþi wedes.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 35 (MED) Þe abbey of Rumeye he feffed richely, With rentes fulle gode & kirkes of pris.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1037 This frosche lady..Stod in the temple in hire estat ryal So rychely.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 137 They wente into the shippe..and founde hit rychely behanged with cloth of sylke.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxiii. 259 He was rychely aparellyd in cloth of golde.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B4 They might liue richly and in abundance of all things.

1637 T. Heywood Royall King iv. sig. H4 I have not seene a Modell richlier fram'd.

1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 126 To make a Spirit of Amber-gryse that a few drops thereof shall perfume a pint of Wine most richly.

1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 21 The under pettycoatt very richly laced with two or three sorts of laces.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 6. ⁋11 Seventeen Volumes, very richly bound.

1757 T. Gray Ode I iii. ii, in Odes 10 Whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. ii. 32 He is mountain-bred, and I will reward him richly.

1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 120 Large pictures..in frames of carved wood, richly gilt.

1936 D. Thomas Let. 15 July (1987) 234 I'm going away this morning to stay very richly with Richard Hughes in a castle.

1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xlii. 313 Thrushes were singing so richly, with such sonorous force, such fluty fioriture.

1999 K. Hickman Daughters of Britannia (2000) viii. 168 The gallery..had been richly decked with Indian matting, Turkish carpets and silk cushions.

a. With reference to marriage: advantageously; so as to be rich.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adverb] > so as to be rich

richlyc1405

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1130 Richely his doghter maried he Vn to a lord, oon of the worthyeste Of al Ytaille.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 18 Þe sowdan..wald hafe maried me richely [Titus highly; Fr. hautement] with a grete prince doghter.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 246 (MED) Gyff me all þi gudis, at þurgh name of þaim I may richelie be marid & gett a gude wyfe.

1588 A. Munday tr. Palmerin D'Oliua i. lv. sig. T5 My Sister come to fourteene yeeres of age, my father oftentimes would haue richly married her.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iii. xv. 321 She was faire and noble..and richly married to Sinatus the Tetrarch.

1719 Twelve Delightful Novels v. 53 To see his Daugther richly Married to this only, but singularly ill-favoured Son.

1760 tr. A. Hamilton Select Tales I. 268 Although he may not be so richly married, he seems to me to be so well pleased with his wife, and his mother-in-law Serena, that he will not envy you at all.

1814 Family Politics i. i, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 194 I hoped to see her greatly, richly married.

1876 C. M. Yonge in Monthly Packet Sept. 272 Their mothers..cherish wishes that their girls may ‘marry well’; i.e., richly.

1946 W. S. Maugham Then & Now ix. 62 Her two daughters were respectably, if not richly, married.

2001 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 4 June c7 It focuses on a woman who marries richly, but badly.

†b. With possession of riches (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1580 T. Lupton Siuqila (new ed.) 76 Poore wisedome dyes alwayes richly: but rich follie dyes poorely.

1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. E4 Poorely content is better then richlye couetous.

1606 J. Hind Eliosto Libidinoso i. 63 The poore man..chose rather to liue poorely content, then richly discredited.

4. With reference to colour: intensely, deeply.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > intense

richly1571

deeply1695

1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste iii. xi. f. 134^v The face full of fier, and verie richely coulered.

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B3 ^v Her face as richly yeallow, as the skin of a cold Custard.

1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours iii. xi. 217 The Shaded part..will appear much more Richly Colour'd.

1786 R. Burns Poems 23 Whether thro' wimplin worms thou jink, Or, richly brown, team owre the brink.

1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 42 The bald veteran..richly bronz'd by many a summer sun.

1825 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 1st Ser. II. 154 His lips were usually closed..; hers, of beautiful form, and richly red and moist.

1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 58 The headland..richly complexioned with red, brown and green.

1906 H. MacGrath Half Rogue i. 21 ‘Wait a moment,’ she interrupted proudly, her cheeks darkening richly.

1991 Pract. Gardening Dec. 33/2 The reclusive native gladwyn iris..is richly green all year round.

5. Amply, abundantly; fully, thoroughly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > fully or to full extent or in full

fullyeOE

wellOE

plenarly?1316

largelyc1325

abandonc1330

perfectly1340

sadlya1375

plainlya1382

fullily1385

largea1400

atauntc1400

taunta1550

in toto1573

good1577

soundly1577

richly1588

plenarily1615

sounda1616

plenally1631

1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. B3 Wee..the ground to be rockie, which by the triall of a minerall man, was founde to holde yron richly.

1589 A. Wingfield True Coppie Disc. 50 He will mightelie aduance his purpose, for he is richlie able thereunto, and wonderfull desirous of reuenge.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 179 Which made me repent the buying of him, though otherwise he was richly worth my money.

1694 E. Gibson Let. 19 Dec. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 236 It seems to me to be richly worth the money.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 7. ⁋17 So richly does he seem to deserve his Chastisement.

1854 J. Doran Habits & Men 178 She richly merited the well-earned benedictions.

1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 9 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 315 The aquarium..was richly worth inspecting.

1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 85 The..tissues may be again divided into the sanguineous, or those which are richly provided with blood, and the spermatic which are not.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 60/2 The eastern mangrove is not very richly represented in East Africa.

2001 A. O'Hare Green Eyes x. 129 And don't be fancying yourself too big for the trashing you so richly deserve.

Compounds

Forming adjectives.

a. Combining with participles, as richly blooming, richly coloured, richly decorated, etc.

ΚΠ

1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 4 A costlye & richely appareled palfrey.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxxxvii. 171 The most magnificent, and richliest adorn'd Palace in all Parnassus.

1758 H. Lee Sophron II. 424 The celestial army, with its richly-flowing banners.

1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xxxix. 204 The richly-emblazoned chariot of a duchess loitering at her door.

1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad v. 83 The fences of the richly-blooming fields.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 61 In richly-furnished churches all the upper row of seats may be stalls, i.e. separated by elbows.

1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 168 The ornamental and richly colored fabric of Kirman in southern Persia.

1954 Metrop. Museum Art Bull. 13 144/2 The riotous color has been applied all over..like a richly blooming herbaceous border.

2008 Victorian Mar. 18/3 We..are requesting that the richly-decorated chancel be restored.

b. Combining with adjectives, as richly gay, richly sweet, etc.

ΚΠ

1590 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Canticle of Victorie 4 The starrie hoast, of heauenlie torches bright Be spangles richlie-gaie the mantle of the night.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 69 His saffron'd Ruffe is edged richly-neat With burning Carbuncles.

1616 R. Anton Philosophers Satyrs 43 The beautious forme of christall light, Opposde to darknesse seemes more richly-bright.

1717 L. Eusden Poem on Marriage of Duke of Newcastle 8 With careless Looks, and richly gay Attire Shines rosie Youth, and rowls her Eyes of Fire.

1883 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 5 571 There are principally two sorts of fruit eaten here: the plantain.., and the richly-sweet banana.

1901 G. Jekyll Home & Garden (new ed.) x. 107 A richly-dark and somewhat sombre setting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	richly
释义	† richlyadj.n. Forms: Old English riclic. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch rikelijc (Dutch rijkelijk ), Middle Low German rīkelīk , Old High German rīhlīh , (Middle High German rīchelich , rīlich , German reichlich ), Old Icelandic ríkuligr < the Germanic base of rich adj. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix¹. Obsolete. Powerful, mighty, great; splendid, magnificent, luxurious. Also as n.: a powerful or mighty person. ΚΠ OE Glosses to Boethius (Antwerp Plantin-Moretus 190) in N. R. Ker Catal. MSS containing Anglo-Saxon (1957) 3 [Aequatque] summis infima : riclicum waclicum. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 39 Ofermetta wela and ofermytta wyrdscipe and ungemetlice riclic and seftlic lyf. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). richlyadv. Brit. /ˈrɪtʃli/, U.S. /ˈrɪtʃli/ Forms: Old English riclice, early Middle English richelike, early Middle English richlice, Middle English richeleche, Middle English richeley, Middle English richeli, Middle English richelich, Middle English richeliche, Middle English richelly, Middle English richelych, Middle English richli, Middle English rycheley, Middle English rycheliche, Middle English rychelyche, Middle English rychelye, Middle English–1500s richelie, Middle English–1500s richlie, Middle English–1500s rychely, Middle English–1500s rychly, Middle English–1600s richelye, Middle English–1600s (1700s archaic) richely, Middle English– richly, late Middle English ryclych, 1500s rechlye, 1500s richlye, 1500s ritchely, 1500s rychlye, 1500s rytchelye, 1500s rytchly, 1500s–1600s ritchlie, 1500s–1600s ritchly, 1500s–1600s ritchlye, 1600s rytchlie; Scottish pre-1700 rechlie, pre-1700 richelie, pre-1700 richely, pre-1700 richlie, pre-1700 richlye, pre-1700 ritchlie, pre-1700 ritchly, pre-1700 rychelie, pre-1700 rychely, pre-1700 rychelye, pre-1700 rychlie, pre-1700 rychly, pre-1700 1700s– richly. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch rikelike (Dutch rijkelijk ), Middle Low German rīkelīken , Old High German rīhlīhho (Middle High German rīchelīche , rīlīche , German reichlich ), Old Icelandic ríkuliga , Old Swedish rikelika (Swedish rikligen , also rikligt ), Old Danish rigeligh (Danish rigelig ) < the Germanic base of rich adj. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix². †1. With great authority or power. Obsolete. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xix. 145 Ge budon suiðe riclice & suiðe agendlice [L. cum austeritate imperabatis eis, et cum potentia]. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) ix. 78 On ðam dagum rixode Æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyrig riclice [L. potentissimus]. c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 389 Whanne he hereþ þe speke so richeliche..he wile beo wel bliþe..And falle..to þi fote. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 264 (MED) Durst non oȝain him kiþe, Bot ȝalt him tour and toun..No was no king wiþ croun, So richeliche hadde y done. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 308 (MED) He coȝed ful hyȝe, Ande rimed hym ful richly [Tolkien & G. richley], & ryȝt hym to speke. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 188 (MED) He comaunded and somowned..wele viij Ml. men..and thise greved the saisnes..the Duke hym contened in this maner richely as ye haue herde. 2. In a rich, sumptuous, or splendid manner; luxuriously, opulently. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adverb] richlyOE richa1325 wealthfully?1529 wealthily1534 opulently1542 affluently1631 substantially1656 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adverb] > sumptuously richlyOE sumptuouslyc1487 richestly1506 opiparously1653 superbly1656 sumptuous1721 plushily1916 plushly1951 OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 19 Sum welig man wæs, & he..dæghwamlice riclice [L. splendide] gewistfullude. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 13133 Hii come sone to þan folk of Rome richeliche [c1275 wurðliliche] i-wepnid. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1662 (MED) Þe coupe was richeli wrouȝt, Of gold it was, þe pin. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1931 (MED) Þe real emperours a-risen & richeli hem greiþed wiþ alle worþi wedes. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 35 (MED) Þe abbey of Rumeye he feffed richely, With rentes fulle gode & kirkes of pris. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1037 This frosche lady..Stod in the temple in hire estat ryal So rychely. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 137 They wente into the shippe..and founde hit rychely behanged with cloth of sylke. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxiii. 259 He was rychely aparellyd in cloth of golde. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B4 They might liue richly and in abundance of all things. 1637 T. Heywood Royall King iv. sig. H4 I have not seene a Modell richlier fram'd. 1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 126 To make a Spirit of Amber-gryse that a few drops thereof shall perfume a pint of Wine most richly. 1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 21 The under pettycoatt very richly laced with two or three sorts of laces. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 6. ⁋11 Seventeen Volumes, very richly bound. 1757 T. Gray Ode I iii. ii, in Odes 10 Whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. ii. 32 He is mountain-bred, and I will reward him richly. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 120 Large pictures..in frames of carved wood, richly gilt. 1936 D. Thomas Let. 15 July (1987) 234 I'm going away this morning to stay very richly with Richard Hughes in a castle. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xlii. 313 Thrushes were singing so richly, with such sonorous force, such fluty fioriture. 1999 K. Hickman Daughters of Britannia (2000) viii. 168 The gallery..had been richly decked with Indian matting, Turkish carpets and silk cushions. 3. a. With reference to marriage: advantageously; so as to be rich. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adverb] > so as to be rich richlyc1405 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1130 Richely his doghter maried he Vn to a lord, oon of the worthyeste Of al Ytaille. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 18 Þe sowdan..wald hafe maried me richely [Titus highly; Fr. hautement] with a grete prince doghter. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 246 (MED) Gyff me all þi gudis, at þurgh name of þaim I may richelie be marid & gett a gude wyfe. 1588 A. Munday tr. Palmerin D'Oliua i. lv. sig. T5 My Sister come to fourteene yeeres of age, my father oftentimes would haue richly married her. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iii. xv. 321 She was faire and noble..and richly married to Sinatus the Tetrarch. 1719 Twelve Delightful Novels v. 53 To see his Daugther richly Married to this only, but singularly ill-favoured Son. 1760 tr. A. Hamilton Select Tales I. 268 Although he may not be so richly married, he seems to me to be so well pleased with his wife, and his mother-in-law Serena, that he will not envy you at all. 1814 Family Politics i. i, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 194 I hoped to see her greatly, richly married. 1876 C. M. Yonge in Monthly Packet Sept. 272 Their mothers..cherish wishes that their girls may ‘marry well’; i.e., richly. 1946 W. S. Maugham Then & Now ix. 62 Her two daughters were respectably, if not richly, married. 2001 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 4 June c7 It focuses on a woman who marries richly, but badly. †b. With possession of riches (literal and figurative). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila (new ed.) 76 Poore wisedome dyes alwayes richly: but rich follie dyes poorely. 1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. E4 Poorely content is better then richlye couetous. 1606 J. Hind Eliosto Libidinoso i. 63 The poore man..chose rather to liue poorely content, then richly discredited. 4. With reference to colour: intensely, deeply. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > intense richly1571 deeply1695 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste iii. xi. f. 134^v The face full of fier, and verie richely coulered. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B3 ^v Her face as richly yeallow, as the skin of a cold Custard. 1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours iii. xi. 217 The Shaded part..will appear much more Richly Colour'd. 1786 R. Burns Poems 23 Whether thro' wimplin worms thou jink, Or, richly brown, team owre the brink. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 42 The bald veteran..richly bronz'd by many a summer sun. 1825 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 1st Ser. II. 154 His lips were usually closed..; hers, of beautiful form, and richly red and moist. 1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 58 The headland..richly complexioned with red, brown and green. 1906 H. MacGrath Half Rogue i. 21 ‘Wait a moment,’ she interrupted proudly, her cheeks darkening richly. 1991 Pract. Gardening Dec. 33/2 The reclusive native gladwyn iris..is richly green all year round. 5. Amply, abundantly; fully, thoroughly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > fully or to full extent or in full fullyeOE wellOE plenarly?1316 largelyc1325 abandonc1330 perfectly1340 sadlya1375 plainlya1382 fullily1385 largea1400 atauntc1400 taunta1550 in toto1573 good1577 soundly1577 richly1588 plenarily1615 sounda1616 plenally1631 1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. B3 Wee..the ground to be rockie, which by the triall of a minerall man, was founde to holde yron richly. 1589 A. Wingfield True Coppie Disc. 50 He will mightelie aduance his purpose, for he is richlie able thereunto, and wonderfull desirous of reuenge. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 179 Which made me repent the buying of him, though otherwise he was richly worth my money. 1694 E. Gibson Let. 19 Dec. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 236 It seems to me to be richly worth the money. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 7. ⁋17 So richly does he seem to deserve his Chastisement. 1854 J. Doran Habits & Men 178 She richly merited the well-earned benedictions. 1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 9 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 315 The aquarium..was richly worth inspecting. 1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 85 The..tissues may be again divided into the sanguineous, or those which are richly provided with blood, and the spermatic which are not. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 60/2 The eastern mangrove is not very richly represented in East Africa. 2001 A. O'Hare Green Eyes x. 129 And don't be fancying yourself too big for the trashing you so richly deserve. Compounds Forming adjectives. a. Combining with participles, as richly blooming, richly coloured, richly decorated, etc. ΚΠ 1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 4 A costlye & richely appareled palfrey. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxxxvii. 171 The most magnificent, and richliest adorn'd Palace in all Parnassus. 1758 H. Lee Sophron II. 424 The celestial army, with its richly-flowing banners. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xxxix. 204 The richly-emblazoned chariot of a duchess loitering at her door. 1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad v. 83 The fences of the richly-blooming fields. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 61 In richly-furnished churches all the upper row of seats may be stalls, i.e. separated by elbows. 1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 168 The ornamental and richly colored fabric of Kirman in southern Persia. 1954 Metrop. Museum Art Bull. 13 144/2 The riotous color has been applied all over..like a richly blooming herbaceous border. 2008 Victorian Mar. 18/3 We..are requesting that the richly-decorated chancel be restored. b. Combining with adjectives, as richly gay, richly sweet, etc. ΚΠ 1590 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Canticle of Victorie 4 The starrie hoast, of heauenlie torches bright Be spangles richlie-gaie the mantle of the night. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 69 His saffron'd Ruffe is edged richly-neat With burning Carbuncles. 1616 R. Anton Philosophers Satyrs 43 The beautious forme of christall light, Opposde to darknesse seemes more richly-bright. 1717 L. Eusden Poem on Marriage of Duke of Newcastle 8 With careless Looks, and richly gay Attire Shines rosie Youth, and rowls her Eyes of Fire. 1883 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 5 571 There are principally two sorts of fruit eaten here: the plantain.., and the richly-sweet banana. 1901 G. Jekyll Home & Garden (new ed.) x. 107 A richly-dark and somewhat sombre setting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.OEadv.eOE
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