Enrich vs Richly - What's the difference?
enrich | richly |
To make (someone) rich or richer.
To adorn, ornate more richly.
To improve the state of something.
To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify
In a rich manner; full of flavor or expression.
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As a verb enrich
is to make (someone) rich or richer.As an adverb richly is
in a rich manner; full of flavor or expression.enrich
English
Verb
(es)- Hobbies enrich lives.
citation, passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}
Synonyms
* endowAntonyms
* impoverish * (to fertilize) impoverish * (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) depleteDerived terms
* enricher * enrichmentAnagrams
* richenSee also
* look out for number one * every man for himself * feather one's nest/feather one's own nestrichly
English
Adverb
(en-adv)citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally?Sloper, the Widow?Twankey, or Miss?Moucher.}}
