| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.[Websters]
2. In a flowered or blooming manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a flowering manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a thriving or vigorous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a prosperous, successful or auspicious manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a growing manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a rich manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a luxuriant or affluent manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a bored or piercing manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective flourishing.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Flourishing) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb flourish.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flourish) | 1. Grow vigorously.[Wordnet]. 2. Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.[Wordnet]. 3. Move or swing back and forth.[Wordnet]. 4. Grow stronger; "The economy was booming".[Wordnet]. 5. Gain in wealth.[Wordnet]. 6. To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.[Websters]. 7. To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production.[Websters]. 8. To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.[Websters]. 9. To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.[Websters]. 10. To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.[Websters]. 11. To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.[Websters]. 12. To boast; to vaunt; to brag.[Websters]. 13. To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.[Websters]. 14. To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.[Websters]. 15. To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.[Websters]. 16. To develop; to make thrive; to expand.[Websters]. 17. Base verb from the following inflections: flourishing, flourished, flourishes, flourisher, flourishers, flourishingly and flourishedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLOURISHINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLOURISHINGLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] flur'ishingly. With flourishes; ostentatiously. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
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| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Flourish | 12 | Flourish | 12 | |
| Flourish (film) | 6 | Flourish (film) | 6 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
