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Old store drapes upper class clothing line lavishly (9)

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I believe the answer is:

opulently

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'lavishly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'old store drapes upper class clothing' is the wordplay.
'old store drapes' becomes 'opulent' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'upper class' becomes 'landed gentry' (landed gentry is a kind of upper class).
'clothing' means to remove the middle letters.
'landedgentry' with its centre taken out is 'ly'.
'opulent'+'ly'='OPULENTLY'

'line' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for opulently that I've seen before include "in lavish manner" , "With wealth on view" , "like millionaires" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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