copious

(kō'pē-əs)
adj.

1. Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply: a copious harvest. See synonyms at plentiful.
2. Large in quantity; abundant: copious rainfall.
3. Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy: "I found our speech copious without order, and energetic without rules" (Samuel Johnson).

[Middle English, from Latin cōpiōsus, from cōpia, abundance.]

copiously co'pi·ous·ly adv.
copiousness co'pi·ous·ness n.

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adjective

Characterized by abundance: abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, generous, heavy, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, substantial, voluminous. See big/small/amount, give/take/reciprocity, rich/poor.

adj

Definition: abundant
Antonyms: lacking, meager, needing, needy, poor, rare, scarce, wanting

IN BRIEF: Abundantly.

The children were weeping copiously after hearing the bad news.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rigelig, fyldig, vidtløftig

Nederlands (Dutch)
overvloedig, vruchtbaar, rijk aan informatie, breedvoerig

Français (French)
adj. - copieux, abondant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - reichlich, umfassend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άφθονος, μπόλικος

Italiano (Italian)
abbondante, copioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - copioso, prolixo

Русский (Russian)
обильный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - abundante, copioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - riklig, produktiv (om författare), innehållsrik, ordrik, vidlyftig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
很多的, 广识的, 丰富的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 很多的, 廣識的, 豐富的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대량의, 풍부한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 豊富な, 多作の, ことば数の多い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غزير, وفير, فياض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פורה, רב, שופע‬

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