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abundantly, adv.|əˈbʌndəntlɪ|
For forms cf. abundance.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
Overflowingly, exceedingly, enough and to spare; hence, in large measure, plentifully, copiously, amply, sufficiently for all purposes. (Formerly compared abundantlier, abundantliest.)
1382Wyclif Tob. iv. 9 If myche were to thee, abundauntli ȝif [1388 ȝyue thou plenteuousli]. c1460Sir J. Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. (1714) 31 It is verey necessary..that the Kyng have aboundantly, wherewith his astate may be honorably kepte. 1533Elyot Castel of Helth (1541) 34 Mylke taken to purge melancoly wold be drunke in the morning abundantly. 1603Eng. Mourning Garment in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 497 Her table was the abundantliest furnished of any princes in the world. 1611Bible Gen. ix. 7 Be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth. 1786Burke Art. agst. W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 131 The evil designs of the said Hyder Beg were abundantly known. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India III. v. iv. 432 They began now to feel their situation abundantly uneasy. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. ii. 8. 54 The vapour which rises so abundantly from sea and land into the atmosphere diffuses itself through the air. |