lushly
Variant of lush
lush
definition
lush (lus̸h)
adjective
- tender and full of juice
- of luxuriant growth lush vegetation
- characterized by a rich growth of vegetation lush fields
- characterized by richness, abundance, or extravagance, as in ornamentation, invention, etc., often tending to excess lush writing
Etymology: ME lusch, ? echoic var. of lassch, soft, flaccid < OFr lasche, lax, loose < laschier, to loosen < LL *lascare < *lascus, altered by metathesis < L laxus, lax
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