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amply, adv.|ˈæmplɪ|
[f. ample a. + -ly2.]
In an ample manner.
1. Widely, broadly, extensively.
1600Chapman Iliad xv. 279 Before whom, amply-pac'd, March'd Hector. 1755Songs & P. on Costume (1849) 237 Let it keep her bosom warm, Amply stretched from arm to arm. 1859E. Capern Bal. & Songs 71 A shady bonnet, Plaited, brown, and amply broad.
2. Of things immaterial: To a great extent, in large amount, largely.
1557N. T. (Genev.) Ep. Ded. 4 The same promesse was more amply renued to Abraham. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 203 His merit, As amply titled as Achilles is. c1744Parl. Bill in Hanway Trav. (1762) I. v. lxxi. 324 [He] shall..enjoy, all the..privileges..as largely, fully, and amply..as any other member. 1781J. Moore Italy (1790) I. xxxvi. 382 To indulge our own curiosity very amply.
3. esp. With sufficient fullness to satisfy all demands; fully, abundantly.
1586Ld. Burghley in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 219 III. 5 Naw hath amply confessed. 1596Chapman Iliad v. 259 Amply-wise Athenia. 1605Lond. Prodigal i. i. 223 Whom, God willing..I will see amply satisfied. 1751Johnson Rambl. No. 162 ⁋8 He..saw his care amply recompensed. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 227 The food taken from the enemy would be amply sufficient. 1873Black Pr. Thule x. 161 The prophecy was amply fulfilled.
b. Hence, Liberally, without stint.
1632Heywood Iron Age i. ii. i. 289 Priam..Could not afford Her god-head more applause, Then amply wee bestow on Helena. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 362 So amply, and with hands so liberal, Thou hast provided all things. 1714Spect. No. 624 ⁋2 A Course of Virtue will in the End be rewarded the most amply. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos II. xxx. 319 He amply rewarded the faithful men who had aided him.
4. With fullness of expression, copiously; at large.
1651Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 372 As I have elsewhere more amply expressed. 1702W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant lxiii. 234 The Prophet Ezekiel speaks also very amply of the power of the Tyrians. 1741H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 7 (1834) I. 23 Amply commented upon in Parliament. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea x. §474 That such is the case..has been amply shown in other parts of this work. |