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ˈbounteously, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a bounteous manner; with generous liberality; munificently; freely, plentifully, largely, amply.
1531Elyot Gov. i. xx, Ye may..bounteousely rewarde me. 1590Spenser Muiopot. 151 Feeding vpon their pleasures bounteouslie. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. i. ii. 52, I prethee (and Ile pay thee bounteously) Conceale me what I am. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Biblioth. Edinb. Lectori Wks. (1711) 222 Great spirits..learn to forget what they bounteously bestow. a1843Southey Inscript. xxxv. Wks. III. 153 Never had benignant nature shower'd More bounteously..Her choicest gifts. 1860Tyndall Glac. 184 The glorious light..was poured bounteously over crags, and snows. |