All 6 Uses of
luxurious
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- "I can only say good night tonight with a clear conscience," said Anne, cuddling luxuriously down among her pillows.†
p. 51.4 *
- I never saw any mahogany, but it does sound SO luxurious.†
p. 59.2
- Anne blew a couple of airy kisses from her fingertips past the cherry blossoms and then, with her chin in her hands, drifted luxuriously out on a sea of daydreams.†
p. 59.9
- "It's about Diana," sobbed Anne luxuriously.†
p. 114.7
- When Prissy Andrews, attired in a new pink-silk waist with a string of pearls about her smooth white throat and real carnations in her hair—rumor whispered that the master had sent all the way to town for them for her—"climbed the slimy ladder, dark without one ray of light," Anne shivered in luxurious sympathy;†
p. 149.1
- "Velvet carpet," sighed Anne luxuriously, "and silk curtains!†
p. 227.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(luxurious) rich and superior in quality
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In archaic literature, luxurious could mean excessively indulgent in sensual pleasures or being lustful.