🌱 Thickly, attractively 🎶 Richly, fully

lushly

1 4.7

In a full, rich way that sounds warm and pleasing

adverb
/ˈlʌʃli/

: de manera exuberante

The orchestra played lushly, filling the concert hall with sounds that resonated beautifully.
lushly orchestrated
lushly romantic
lushly arranged

Examples

This was the album that turned me into a believer: a lushly produced, immaculately written EP that recalled Fleet Foxes, Broken Social Scene, and even early Mars Volta across its five tracks.

Blog text (17)
Corwin walks into a lushly appointed private massage room.

Fiction book (2000)
The ruptured squares were set against a lushly painted surface etched here and there with slanting horizontal lines.

Fiction book (2000)
Romantic and lyrical, the lushly colored paintings are, in Ofili's words, "about old-fashioned values and old-fashioned ideas of paradise."

Academic text (2003)
The original lead from the musical lushly displays his romantic voice in a way that captivates the audience.
On this album, the music flows lushly, creating a rich and immersive experience for listeners.

Synonyms

beautifully

vslushly

233 1.0

In a way that looks or sounds very nice

adds the idea of fullness and richness especially for sound or texture

exquisitely

vslushly

18 6.1

In a very careful and beautiful way

places more weight on overall richness and pleasing fullness

magnificently

vslushly

15 4.6

In a very impressive and beautiful way

focuses more narrowly on rich pleasing sound or texture

richly

vslushly

13 3.4

In a very fancy or expensive way

narrows this to pleasing fullness especially in sound or texture

gloriously

vslushly

12 3.9

In a very beautiful or impressive way

highlights rich pleasing quality especially in sound or texture

lavishly

vslushly

11 5.6

In a very rich and generous way using a lot of money

is more focused on richness that feels full and pleasing, not excess

gorgeously

vslushly

5 3.5

In a very beautiful and impressive way

refers instead to rich, full, and pleasing sensory quality

luxuriously

vslushly

3 5.1

In a very comfortable and expensive way

uses that luxury idea specifically for rich pleasing sound or texture

luxuriantly

vslushly

1 7.2

In a rich, full way that shows thick growth

applies this abundance to pleasing sound or tactile richness

sumptuously

vslushly

1 8.4

In a very rich and decorated way

transfers lavishness into sensory richness of sound or texture

sonorously

vslushly

1 7.5

To make a deep, full sound that fills a room

is about rich pleasing quality beyond only sound or music

lusciously

vslushly

1 6.9

In a way that tastes very sweet and rich

focuses more on sound or texture richness than taste alone

plushly

vslushly

1 5.5

In a soft, rich way that feels very comfortable and high quality

is about rich pleasing qualities but emphasizes sound or texture

opulently

vslushly

1 7.3

In a rich and expensive way to impress people

keeps the richness idea but centers on pleasing sound or texture

mellifluously

vslushly

Formal

8.3

In a smooth, sweet voice that sounds pleasant

stresses overall richness and pleasing texture as well as sound

dulcetly

vslushly

Literature

8.4

In a sweet, pleasant way that sounds soft and gentle

is broader, adding richness and fullness beyond simple sweetness

Antonyms

harshly

49 3.5

In a severe or unkind way that feels unpleasant

thinly

10 3.2

With little feeling or energy

How Rich

luxuriantly

1 7.2

richly

13 3.4

lushly

1 4.7

plainly

2 1.8

thinly

10 3.2

Surface Forms

lushly positive

Morphology

lushly = lush (transparent) = lush + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'lush'; meaning is directly derived as 'in a lush way'.

Etymology

Lushly comes from the word lush, which carries the idea of being 'rich' or 'luxurious', with the adverb -ly added. Think of an orchestra playing like a full, soft fabric of sound — that's why lushly means doing something in a rich, full, and pleasing way.