Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by or producing abundance.
- adjective Giving generously.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, or bounties; munificent; generous.
- Characterized by or manifesting bounty; abundant; liberal; ample: as, a, bountiful supply.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.
- adjective Plentiful; abundant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a quantity or amount that is
generous orplentiful ;ample .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective given or giving freely
- adjective producing in abundance
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even more bountiful is the nopal cactus topped with bright pink and yellow blooms growing along the sides of the road and the prickly pear cactus whose fruit is used to make candy.
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Even more bountiful is the nopal cactus topped with bright pink and yellow blooms growing along the sides of the road and the prickly pear cactus whose fruit is used to make candy.
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He kept sevenscore servants, and his twelve days 'feasts at Christmas recalled the bountiful celebrations of the "King of the Peak," Sir
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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Never had the corn-growers of England been so thoroughly protected, yet, owing to causes over which the legislators had no control, namely bountiful seasons, the prices of wheat for the next seventy years was from 15 to 20 per cent. cheaper than in the previous forty.
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Then the vile person would be no more called bountiful, or the churl called liberal: flattery and cringing to the evil great would be at an end.
Sermons on National Subjects Charles Kingsley 1847
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And they are the Virtues of this kind, namely a bountiful and charitable difpofition to -
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Darby stares at Betty whom only three weeks earlier he had found "bountiful":
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Darby stares at Betty whom only three weeks earlier he had found "bountiful":
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Barron's highlights that, though the Apple relationship may be nearing an end, investors may be overlooking other positives such as bountiful cash flow, 6. 3% dividend yield, other attractive Smartphones, and a solid management team.
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"bountiful" wind, solar, geothermal and biofuels energy.
NewsByUs Roy Innis 2010
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