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ˌsuperaˈbundantly, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a superabundant degree. 1. Abundantly beyond something else, or above measure; very abundantly or plentifully.
1530Palsgr. 852/1 Superhabundantly, superhabundamment. 1593Nashe Christ's T. Wks. 1904 II. 171 He could haue beene reuenged on thee superaboundantly. 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. vi. §38. 357, I conceive it sufficiently, abundantly, superabundantly proved to be divine Revelation. a1665J. Goodwin Being filled with the Spirit (1867) 253 Those that shall be superabundantly blessed. 1780H. Walpole Let. to W. Mason 9 June, We have now, superabundantly, to fear robbery: 300 desperate villains were released from Newgate. 1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 48/2 These things are superabundantly evident. 1885Spectator 8 Aug. 1045/2 She discovers his character, and then husband and wife reproach each other superabundantly. 2. More than enough (in a bad sense); too abundantly; to or in excess, superfluously.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 313 This Tiberius, callede Nero, was namede..of disporters Biberius Mero, for cause he ȝafe hym to drynke superhabundantely wyne. 1654tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 185 Those who will be superabundantly and tediously wise. 1755N. Magens Insurances I. 443 The King, super-abundantly, ordered the Treaties..to be examined. 1844Emerson Ess. Ser. ii. Experience (1876) 72 My reception has been so large, that I am not annoyed by receiving this or that superabundantly. 1891Leeds Mercury 25 May 5/3 The assertion that Italian art is superabundantly represented in the National Gallery. |