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copiously, adv.|ˈkəʊpɪəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. Plentifully, abundantly; in or with abundance.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 9 Hyr blood owt ran ful copyously. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 29 It is found..most copiously amongst our Whinns or prickly Broom. 1744Berkeley Siris §77 This medicinal water, drunk copiously. 1879Proctor Pleas. Ways Sc. xvi. 366 Dew is only formed copiously in serene weather.
2. With fullness of treatment or expression; fully, profusely.
1530Whitinton Tullyes Offices i. (1540) 2 Plato..might have persuaded with synguler gravytie and copyouslye. 1596Bell Surv. Popery iii. ii. 204 Which point I haue proued copiously. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 105 All which does more copiously and fully appear in this Pröeme. 1700Dryden Fables Pref., Wks. (Globe) 495 This subject has been copiously treated by that great critic. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 121 There is none of the writings of Plato which has been more copiously illustrated.
b. With plentiful supply of words.
1860Hawthorne Marb. Faun ix, To express himself copiously in words. |