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How to pronounce lavishness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms luxury, sumptuosity, sumptuousness
Type of expensiveness
Derivation lavish
Type Words
Synonyms extravagance, high life, highlife, prodigality
Type of dissipation, waste, wastefulness
Derivation lavish

Examples of lavishness

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Still, lavishness is Dubai's style, even though its own oil production is modest.
From the rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com
Usually such lavishness and heart-throbbing is reserved for a politician's eulogy.
From the dailyherald.com
As for the lavishness, with apologies to Browning, did you see Shelley rich?
From the boston.com
The USSC leadership sometimes did not approve of the excitement and lavishness of the fairs.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Like most promising Britons, Bennett benefits greatly from his country's lavishness to composers.
From the time.com
Prestige increased with the lavishness of the potlatch, the value of the goods given away in it.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The second surprise was the lavishness of the dinner.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Consumer advocates cited the compound's lavishness as proof that something was amiss at US Fidelis.
From the stltoday.com
Last week, federal agents seized $60 million worth of assets that hint at the lavishness of his lifestyle.
From the abcnews.go.com
More examples
  • The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
  • Extravagance: excessive spending
  • The property of being lavish