Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: copiously
IPA transcription: [k'oʊpjəsli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: abundantly, copiously, profusely, extravagantly
    Meaning: in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely"
Usage examples
  • The tears of the good Amelia flowed copiously.
  • He had spent the day down at Asbury Park and had eaten not wisely but too copiously.
  • He had spent the day down at Asbury Park, and had eaten not wisely but too copiously.
  • Encircled and criss-crossed with cartridge belts, abundantly garnished with revolvers, and copiously drunk, he poured forth into Quicksand's main street.
  • Saltpetre exists in the ashes of many plants, of which tobacco is one; it is also found copiously on the ground in many places, in saltpans, or simply as an effloresence.