copiously
3
6.1
- adverb
- /ˈkoʊpɪəsli/
:
copiosamente
- She drank water copiously after the long run to stay hydrated.
And I quoted copiously from that book in my initial talk.
- And I quoted copiously from that book in my initial talk.
- This finally becomes difficult after eating copiously, And he says the conversation turns naturally to the mere play of wit.
Examples
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The gardener watered the plants copiously during the hot summer days.
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And I quoted copiously from that book in my initial talk.
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The only way to do that was to become copiously cultivated.
Fiction book (1996) -
And I will laud you copiously.
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To that end, she ate copiously, which further reduced the budget Celestine had set.
Fiction book (1990) -
Not only did I keep my promise, I also found myself copiously recording every lecture, performance, and workshop I witnessed.
Academic text (1997) -
Torday had access to occasions of state and photographed them copiously and apparently without restriction.
Academic text (1991) -
Greek authors on the empire's western fringe wrote copiously about the Persians, whom they both admired and abhorred.
Academic text (2011) -
Benches lined the walls, and on them sat a number of people: some weeping copiously, some shaking with silent grief, or just sitting silently.
Fiction book (2001) -
Walter Sickert owned two copies of Paul Jamot's Degas, Paris, 1924, which he copiously annotated.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
32
3.5
In large amounts that are more than enough
22
4.8
In very large amounts, often more than needed
13
3.2
To a large degree or very strongly
1
2.5
In large amounts
1
4.6
In a generous and plentiful way
1
7.5
In a large, full way with many words or much detail
In large amounts
In large amounts
In a generous way that gives a lot
In large amounts
Antonyms
How Much
22
4.8
3
6.1
32
3.5
47
2.8
816
2.0
885
1.0
68
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Copiously comes from the Latin root copia, which means 'plenty' or 'a large amount'. Think of cornucopia ('horn of plenty'), and you can see why to do something copiously is to do it in large amounts.