单词 | abundantly |
释义 | abundantlyadv. Overflowingly, exceedingly. Hence: in large measure, plentifully, fully; copiously, generously; extremely.Frequently, and now most commonly, modifying clear and (to a lesser extent) synonymous adjectives. ΘΚΠ 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 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit iv. 9 If myche were to thee, abundauntli [a1425 L.V. plenteuousli; L. abundanter] ȝif. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. xv. 10 (MED) I hafe trauaylyd more aboundauntly [L. abundantius] þan alle þey. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 239 (MED) Than rennen oute of his blessid body stremes of that holyest blood on all sides habundantly. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 118 (MED) It is veray necessarie that..the kyng haue habundantly wherewith his estate mey be honorably kepte. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 103 (MED) To restore all þinges..abundantly & ouerhepid. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 34 Mylke taken to purge melancoly wold be drunke in the morning abundantly. 1603 Eng. Mourning Garment in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 497 Her table was the abundantliest furnished of any princes in the world. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. ix. 7 Be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth. View more context for this quotation 1646 S. Marshall Def. Infant-baptism 180 I have made it abundantly cleare, that not onely Ishmael and Esau, but millions of Jacobs seed, did never partake of the spirituall graces of the Covenant, yet were reckoned by circumcision to belong to the Covenant. 1671 J. Gregory Let. 15 Feb. in I. Newton Corr. (1959) I. 61 There is no fear that any of your letters miscarrie; our post here is abundantlie sure. 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism iv. vi. 627/1 She..should be punitively recompens'd amply and abundantly. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings iv. 86 The evil designs of the said Hyder Beg were abundantly known. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 432 They began now to feel their situation abundantly uneasy. 1859 Proposal Publ. New Eng. Dict. 8 At present it is abundantly clear, that England does not possess a Dictionary worthy of her language. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) ii. 8. 54 The vapour which rises so abundantly from sea and land into the atmosphere diffuses itself through the air. 1918 W. E. Fitch Dietotherapy I. 500 The roebuck berry is an edible fruit found in Great Britain, but more abundantly in Russia. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Apr. 165/3 ‘Security’..is an abundantly common yet widely misunderstood word. 2009 Private Eye 1 May 16/2 I had to make it abundantly clear that I had no connection whatever with these cunning dung beetles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.a1382 |
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