abundantly
English
Etymology
- From Middle English abundauntly, habundauntly, from Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt + -ly (“in a specified manner”)[1]
- abundant + -ly
Pronunciation
Adverb
abundantly (comparative more abundantly, superlative most abundantly)
- In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
- 2012 May 26 2012, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, BBC Sport:
- Hodgson also has Wayne Rooney to call on once he has served a two-match suspension at the start of the tournament - and it is abundantly clear England will rely as heavily as ever on his ability to shape the outcome of important games.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[1] Genesis, I, 20
- And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- 2012 May 26 2012, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, BBC Sport:
- Extremely.
Translations
in an abundant manner
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References
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 8:
- ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 10:
- abundantly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- abundantly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913