bounteouslyadv.
In a bounteous manner; with generous liberality; munificently; freely, plentifully, largely, amply.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adverb]
roomlyOE
freelyOE
unsparelya1225
largelyc1225
largec1350
liberallyc1410
unsparinglya1500
beneficially1530
bounteously1531
plenteously1535
frankly1551
well1565
well-favouredly1570
bountifully1580
prodigally1590
amply1594
munificently1594
royally1601
prodigal1603
generously1623
ungrudginglya1631
lavishly1769
unstintingly1857
spaciously1864
open-handedly1924
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xx. sig. kviiv Ye may..bounteousely rewarde me.
1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 151 Feeding vpon their pleasures bounteouslie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. ii. 48 I prethee (and Ile pay thee bounteously) Conceale me what I am. View more context for this quotation
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 222 Great Spirits..learn to forget what they brunteously [sic] bestow.
1838 R. Southey Inscriptions xxxv, in Poet. Wks. III. 153 Never had benignant nature shower'd More bounteously..Her choicest gifts.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps 184 The glorious light..was poured bounteously over crags, and snows.
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