prolificallyadv.
/prəˈlɪfᵻkli/, U.S. /prəˈlɪfᵻk(ə)li/, /proʊˈlɪfᵻk(ə)li/ In a prolific manner; plentifully, copiously, in abundance.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adverb]
fructuouslya1382
fertilelya1586
pregnantly1593
fruitfully1608
fructiferously1635
exuberantly1650
teemingly1651
prolifically1735
prolificly1851
resultfully1860
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
1735 ‘Philoveritas’ Ess. Free-thinking 53 It..spontaneously and prolifically products a gradual Concatenation of infinite Variety.
1841 Times 28 Oct. 4/1 All the disadvantages of such a course have been prolifically reaped, without anyof its anticipated benefits.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 27 Mar. 1/3 Never has the blood of the martyrs proved so prolifically the seed of the Church.
1915 C. S. Jones Hohenzollern 167 He had for many years sought to win the favour of the great Frederick by writing prolifically on agriculture.
1947 O. Barfield in C. S. Lewis Ess. presented to C. Williams 113 We owe them all to tarning, a process which we find prolifically at work wherever there is poetry.
1990 A. Stevens On Jung i. 8 He wrote prolifically and published most of the books, articles and learned papers which made up the eighteen volumes of his Collected Works.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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