copiouslyadv.
/ˈkəʊpɪəsli/, U.S. /ˈkoʊpiəsli/ 1. Plentifully, abundantly; in or with abundance.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb]
enoughOE
roomOE
largely?c1225
rifec1225
foison13..
rivedlyc1300
plenteously1340
plentily1340
fulsomelya1375
abundantlya1382
plenteousc1390
aboundinglyc1400
plentifullyc1400
copiously1447
abundanta1450
amply1454
substantiously1507
fatly?1521
largea1522
plentiful1563
heartily?1577
locupletely1599
redundantly1615
mainly1618
showeringly1621
rifely1648
profusively1650
galore1675
prolifically1735
wholesale1762
copious1791
aplenty1830
plenty1842
swimming1887
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 9 Hyr blood owt ran ful copyously.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 29 It is found..most copiously amongst our Whinns or prickly Broom.
1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §77 This medicinal water, drunk copiously.
1879 R. A. Proctor Pleasant Ways Sci. xvi. 366 Dew is only formed copiously in serene weather.
2.
a. With fullness of treatment or expression; fully, profusely.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb]
amply1442
copiously1534
spaciously1614
enlargedly1625
voluminously1633
exuberantly1782
expansively1839
luxuriantly1840
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. A.3 Plato..myght haue persuaded with synguler grauytie and copyously.
1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. ii. 204 Which point I haue prooued copiously.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 105 in Justice Vindicated All which does more copiously and fully appear in this Pröeme.
1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Av This Subject has been copiously treated by that great Critick.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues III. 225 There is none of the writings of Plato which has been more copiously illustrated.
b. With plentiful supply of words.
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1860 N. Hawthorne Transformation I. ix. 132 To express himself copiously in words.
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