plentifullyadv.
/ˈplɛntᵻfᵿli/, /ˈplɛntᵻfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈplɛn(t)əf(ə)li/ 1. In plentiful measure or number; abundantly, copiously; generously, liberally.
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
c1400 Psalter (Trin. Dublin) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxx. 30 (MED) Plentefullych [c1350 BL Add. our Lord shal..ȝeue vengeance plentiuouseliche].
c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Shorter Version (1978) 43 (MED) I sawe the rede blode trekylle downe fro vndyr the garlande alle hate, freschlye, plentefully, & lyvelye.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Biijv Lacha groweth there more plentifully then in any other countre.
1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 82 As nature plentifully planted perfection in her, so God superaboundantly bestowed his benefits vpon her.
1641 G. Wither Haleluiah i. lxiii. 121 Let it plentifully Rain, That it may refresh the Aire.
1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 30 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I He liv'd tho not splendidly, yet plentifully.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 117 This sort of wise Men, of whom the Age is plentifully stored at this time.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §190 Plaster of Paris..would then drink up linseed oil plentifully.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 229 Money was plentifully contributed to build a meeting house for him.
1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 196 A well-wooded and plentifully-watered glen.
1948 Life 6 Sept. 54/1 (caption) Butterfly-collecting is fun since wild flowers attract them plentifully.
1995 Fortean Times June 63/2 This is readable, solid scholarship, plentifully illustrated.
2. With fullness of treatment or expression; fully; thoroughly; in detail. Now rare (archaic in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > in detail
sundrya1400
speciallyc1405
parcelly1451
particulary1473
particularly1489
plentifully?1544
inventorially1604
punctually1618
detailedly1806
?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. E.iiiv And who that by grace of the holy goste To any one vertue is moued moste That man by that grace that one apply And therin serue god most plentyfully.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxxij Which shal treat al thinges more plentifully.
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. iii. 244 When he had plentifully discoursed of these things, yet hee had a great care, not to mention how Argenis credit was questioned by her enemy.
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed ii. 225 The second part of the Argument..the Scriptures manifestly and plentifully assure us.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. vi. v. 220 She entered the Room with a Laugh, and very plentifully rallied both Booth and Amelia concerning the Madman, of which she had received a full Account below Stairs.
1790 G. Colman Battle of Hexham iii. 48 He has questioned me plentifully concerning you.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xiii. 154 First I had to find myself, and plentifully would thank God to find myself at home again, for the sake of all our family.
1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 162 We are distressed by all affections which plentifully doubt the geniture and scheme of existence since all matters descend from His hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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