superabundantlyadv.
/ˌsuːp(ə)rəˈbʌnd(ə)ntli/, /ˌsjuːp(ə)rəˈbʌnd(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈˌsupərəˈbəndən(t)li/ 1. In or to a superabundant degree; too plentifully; excessively, to excess.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > superabundantly
surabundantlya1400
superabundantly?a1475
superfluously1481
surfeitousc1540
overabundantly1623
plethorically1804
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 313 This Tiberius..was namede..Biberius Mero, for cause he ȝafe hym to drynke superhabundantely wyne [L. ob vinolentiam cui indulsit].
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xxxii. 61 Some hold it proceedeth from choler and fleame, when they are superaboundantly mixt together.
1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 185 Those who will be superabundantly and tediously wise.
1739 J. Campbell Trav. of Edward Brown 132 The Holy Office..is superabundantly severe towards such as fall under its Displeasure.
1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 443 The King, super-abundantly, ordered the Treaties..to be examined.
1844 R. W. Emerson Exper. in Ess. (1845) 2nd Ser. ii. 91 My reception has been so large, that I am not annoyed by receiving this or that superabundantly.
1891 Leeds Mercury 25 May 5/3 The assertion that Italian art is superabundantly represented in the National Gallery.
1914 I. Dooman Missionary's Life in Land of Gods vii. 235 Not in that spirit of aggressive dogmatism so super-abundantly displayed elsewhere.
1996 S. Barker in Excavations & their Objects v. 84 Forgetting..is an enabling procedure, since to remember fully is to remember super-abundantly, and thus to be incapacitated.
2. Abundantly beyond something else, or above measure; very abundantly or plentifully; to a great degree, extremely.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] > liberally or without stint
roomlyOE
freelyOE
unwaindandlyc1425
roundc1450
liberally1509
superabundantly1530
spareless1567
meeterly1589
generously1623
handsomely1686
unstintedly1849
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 852/1 Superhabundantly, superhabundamment.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 90 He could haue beene reuenged on thee superaboundantly.
1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. vi. §38. 357 I conceive it sufficiently, abundantly, superabundantly proved to be divine Revelation.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) ix. 278 Those that shall be superabundantly blessed.
1738 J. Ozell tr. G. Mayáns y Siscár Life Cervantes 39 The extremely excellent and superabundantly beautiful Princess Claridiana.
1780 H. Walpole Let. 9 June (1858) VII. 392 We have now, superabundantly, to fear robbery: 300 desperate villains were released from Newgate.
1860 J. S. Mill Consider. Represent. Govt. (1865) 48/2 These things are superabundantly evident in the case of a monarchy or an aristocracy.
1885 Spectator 8 Aug. 1045/2 She discovers his character, and then husband and wife reproach each other superabundantly.
1941 Life 11 Aug. 58/2 Abundant rains have made the great midland cornucopia of America super-abundantly fruitful.
1992 Independent 6 Apr. 20/5 Shaw was superabundantly a British dancer with all the terre-à-terre brilliance..which that implies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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