richness

/ (ˈrɪtʃˌnɪs) /


noun
  1. the state or quality of being rich

  2. ecology the number of individuals of a species in a given area

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How to use richness in a sentence

  • But they all possess that essential purity and richness of tone without which there is no real excellence.

  • These delicate creatures were scarcely four inches long, and surpassed in richness of colour anything I had ever seen.

  • His Flutiness the Duke—the title was granted last Candlemas—has a voice of a rare richness.

    First Plays | A. A. Milne
  • Every time I pass through a grove in Brazil, I see new flowers and plants, and a richness of vegetation that seems inexhaustible.

  • The Félibres put forth great claims for the richness of their vocabulary, and they undoubtedly exaggerate.

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer