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English Dictionary: gorgeously by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gorgeously
adv
  1. in an impressively beautiful manner; "the Princess was gorgeously dressed"
    Synonym(s): gorgeously, splendidly, resplendently, magnificently
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gorgeous \Gor"geous\, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain,
      luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F.
      gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. {Gorge},
      n.]
      Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;
      magnificent.
  
               Cloud-land, gorgeous land.                     --Coleridge.
  
               Gogeous as the sun at midsummer.            --Shak.
      -- {Gor"geous*ly}, adv. -- {Gor"geous*ness}, n.
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