sumptuous
/ˈsʌmptʃuəs/ adjective C2- Extremely costly; suggesting great expense.
- Magnificent, luxurious, or splendid. · sumptuous feast· sumptuous surroundings
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The room was whitewashed, as is the custom in prisons, but it looked quite brilliant to a prisoner, though a stove, a bed, a chair, and a table formed the whole of its sumptuous furniture.
Having delivered himself of this pompous address, uttered with a degree of energy that left the baron almost out of breath, he bowed to the assembled party and withdrew to his drawing-room, whose sumptuous furnishings of white and gold had caused a great sensation in the Chaussée d’Antin.
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