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plentifully, adv.|ˈplɛntɪfʊlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In plentiful measure or number; abundantly, copiously; in or with abundance.
1553Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 14 Lacha groweth there more plentifully then in any other countre. 1611Bible Luke xii. 16 The ground of a certaine rich man brought foorth plentifully [Tindale, Geneva, plenteously]. 1683Dryden Life Plutarch 30 He liv'd tho not splendidly yet plentifully. 1727De Foe Syst. Magic i. iv. (1840) 115 This sort of wise men, of whom the age is plentifully stored at this time. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vii. II. 229 Money was plentifully contributed to build a meeting house for him.
Comb.1894H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. 196 A well-wooded and plentifully-watered glen.
†2. With fullness of treatment or expression; fully, in detail. Obs.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 372 Which shal treat al thinges more plentifully. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 161 The second part of the argument..the Scriptures manifestly and plentifully assure us. |