abundantly

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UK/əˈbʌn.dn̩t.li/US/əˈbn̩.dn̩t.li/

adverb

In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure.

Less commonFirst used First attested around 1350 to 1470.Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverbabundantly (comparative more abundantly, superlative most abundantly)

comparative more abundantly · superlative most abundantly

  1. In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure.First known use First attested around 1350 to 1470.

    And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:20
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    When strata are so unsymmetrically and abundantly folded that it becomes difficult or impossible to trace out the individual flexures and crumplings — the whole forming an irregular complex of folds — they are said to be contorted […]

    1905, James Geikie, Structural and Field Geology: For Students of Pure and Applied Science

    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.

    2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2024

    Indian English is today one of the most widespread and abundantly used varieties of English, in extensive use not only throughout South Asia but in virtually every corner of the globe.

    2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 248

    Synonyms: fully, amply, plentifully

  2. Extremely.

    The explosion, in other words, was unexpected, powerful, and politically diffuse; it vented sharp African frustrations with the colonial situation, but had no readily visible leadership or political goals; it made abundantly obvious the need to speed the pace of self-government

    1980, Claude Emerson Welch, Anatomy of Rebellion

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin an abundant manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishabundantly
  2. Englishabundantly

From Middle English abundantly, abundauntli, habundantly, habundauntliche, equivalent to abundant + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan abundantment, abundosament
  • abundantmentin an abundant manner
  • abundosamentin an abundant manner
Chinese Mandarin 丰富地
  • 丰富地in an abundant manner
Dutch overvloedig
  • overvloedigin an abundant manner
Esperanto abunde
  • abundein an abundant manner
Finnish runsaasti, yllin kyllin
  • runsaastiin an abundant manner
  • yllin kyllinin an abundant manner
French abondamment
  • abondammentin an abundant manner
German reichlich
  • reichlichin an abundant manner
Hindi बहुतायत से
  • बहुतायत से (bahutāyat se)in an abundant manner
Hungarian bőségesen, teljesen
  • bőségesenin an abundant manner
  • teljesenextremely
  • tökéletesenextremely
Italian abbondantemente
  • abbondantementein an abundant manner
Japanese 多量に
  • 多量に (taryō ni)in an abundant manner
Latin abundanter, ūbertim
  • abundanterin an abundant manner
  • ūbertimin an abundant manner
Polish obficie
  • obficiein an abundant manner
Portuguese abundantemente
  • abundantementein an abundant manner
Russian оби́льно, изоби́льно
  • оби́льно (obílʹno)in an abundant manner
  • изоби́льно (izobílʹno)in an abundant manner
Spanish abundantemente
  • abundantementein an abundant manner
Swedish rikligt
  • rikligtin an abundant manner
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APA

abundantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abundantly

MLA

“abundantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abundantly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abundantly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abundantly.

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