amply
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.pli/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæm.pli/, [ˈɛəm.pli]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæm.pli/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɛm.pli/
- Rhymes: -æmpli
Adverb
amply (comparative more amply, superlative most amply)
- In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.
- We were amply supplied with food and beverage.
- 1902, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 36, in The Great Boer War:
- If, during his long persecution by President Kruger, Wools-Sampson in the bitterness of his heart had vowed a feud against the Boer cause, it must be acknowledged that he has most amply fulfilled it.
Translations
in an ample manner
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