abundantly
Britishadverb
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very
he made his disagreement with her abundantly clear
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plentifully; in abundance
Explanation
If your garden is blooming abundantly, it means it's overflowing with plenty of beautiful flowers, plants, and trees. Coming from the Latin word abundare, meaning "to overflow," abundantly captures the idea of plenty and excess. To understand this word, picture an apple tree with a few apples hanging from the branches. Now, to picture it abundantly loaded with fruit, imagine that the tree has so many apples that the branches bend under the weight. The word is also used when answering a question like, "Did I make myself clear?" "Abundantly so!"
Example Sentences
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Despite his disappointing results, it’s abundantly clear that Tatis hasn’t lost the ability to hit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
“The amount of capacity and the type of compute it was trained on is abundantly available in China. So you just have to first realize that those chips exist in China.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
She made that abundantly clear in an op-ed for the New York Times that also criticized the series for what she claims is a misogynistic portrayal of her younger self.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
But the prime minister disagrees and his instinct on the importance of acting lawfully was made abundantly clear – a position we shouldn't be surprised about given he is a former senior lawyer.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
In many parts of Latin America there is a resentment, abundantly justified, of U.S. workers with big budgets swooping in to profit from the work of poor local scholars.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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