amply

Related to amply: unduly

am·ple

(ăm′pəl)

adj. am·pler, am·plest

1. Of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity: an ample living room. See Synonyms at spacious.

2. Fully sufficient to meet a need or purpose: had ample food for the party; was given ample time to decide. See Synonyms at plentiful.

3. Plump or bulky: "Her ample body was not the desired shape in a culture of thinness" (Pamela E. Klassen).

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin amplus.]

am′ple·ness n.

am′ply (-plē) adv.

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amply

(ˈæmplɪ)

adv

more than sufficiently; fully; generously: he was amply rewarded.

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Adv.	1.	amply - to an ample degree or in an ample manner; "these voices were amply represented"; "we benefited richly" richly meagerly, meagrely, sparingly, slenderly - to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources"
	2.	amply - sufficiently; more than adequately; "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions"; "they were fully (or amply) fed" fully meagerly, meagrely, sparingly, slenderly - to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources"

amply

adverb fully, well, greatly, completely, richly, liberally, thoroughly, substantially, lavishly, extensively, generously, abundantly, profusely, copiously, plentifully, unstintingly, bountifully, without stinting, plenteously, capaciously This collection of essays amply demonstrates his genius.
poorly, thinly, sparsely, inadequately, insufficiently, scantily, skimpily, meagrely

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Translations

بِسِعَه، بِوَفْرَة، بِإسْهاب

bohatě

reichlich

amplement copieusement largement abondamment

ríkulega, ríflega

amply

[ˈæmplɪ] ADV

1. (= sufficiently) [demonstrate, illustrate] → ampliamente, suficientemente
we were amply rewarded → fuimos ampliamente recompensados
we were amply justified → estuvimos plenamente justificados

2. (= generously) she is amply proportioned → es de proporciones generosas

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amply

[ ˈæmpli] adv [demonstrate, illustrate, confirm] → amplement, largement; [reward, repay] → largement; [justify] → amplement; [supply, stock] → bien

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amply

adv → reichlich; proportioned figure → üppig; proportioned rooms → geräumig, großzügig

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amply

[ˈæmplɪ] adv → ampiamente

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ample

(ˈӕmpl) adjective

(more than) enough. There is ample space for four people.

ˈamply adverb

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As they went along they chanced to pass a deep well, amply supplied with water, and when they saw it, one of the Frogs said to the other, "Let us descend and make our abode in this well: it will furnish us with shelter and food." The other replied with greater caution, "But suppose the water should fail us.

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They had been married but a few months when our visit to them commenced during which time they had been amply supported by a considerable sum of money which Augustus had gracefully purloined from his unworthy father's Escritoire, a few days before his union with Sophia.

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They returned hand-in-hand, and the Bellman, unmanned(For a moment) with noble emotion, Said "This amply repays all the wearisome days We have spent on the billowy ocean!"

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Fogg's wardrobe was amply supplied and in the best taste.

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If our troops are no more in number than the enemy, that is amply sufficient; it only means that no direct attack can be made.

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The tactics of Lord Nelson have been amply discussed, with much pride and some profit.

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Catherine will be amply provided for, and not, like my Frederica, indebted to a fortunate establishment for the comforts of life." She concluded by demanding my congratulations.

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This pleasure will amply repay them for assisting us."

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I exhorted her to seek consolation in doing her duty to God and man, to put her trust in Heaven, and solace herself with the care and nurture of her little daughter; assuring her she would be amply rewarded by witnessing its progress in strength and wisdom, and receiving its genuine affection.

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Tell me, that through thy bounty, the pratling babes, whose innocent play hath often been interrupted by my labours, may one time be amply rewarded for them.

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All I have revealed about the Wandering Jew can be amply proven by reference to our guide.

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He had at any rate his freedom now; I was never to touch it again; as I had amply shown, moreover, when, on his joining me in the schoolroom the previous night, I had uttered, on the subject of the interval just concluded, neither challenge nor hint.