amply,adv.|ˈæmplɪ|[f.ample a. + -ly2.]In an ample manner.1.Widely, broadly, extensively.1600ChapmanIliad xv. 279Before whom, amply-pac'd, March'd Hector.
1755Songs & P. on Costume (1849) 237Let it keep her bosom warm, Amply stretched from arm to arm.
1859E. CapernBal. & Songs 71A shady bonnet, Plaited, brown, and amply broad.
2.Of things immaterial: To a great extent, in large amount, largely.1557N. T. (Genev.)Ep.Ded.4The same promesse was more amply renued to Abraham.
1606Shakes.Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 203His merit, As amply titled as Achilles is.
c1744Parl.Bill in Hanway Trav.(1762) I. v. lxxi. 324[He]shall..enjoy, all the..privileges..as largely, fully, and amply..as any other member.
1781J. MooreItaly (1790) I. xxxvi. 382To indulge our own curiosity very amply.
3.esp.With sufficient fullness to satisfy all demands; fully, abundantly.1586Ld.Burghley in Ellis Orig.Lett.i. 219 III. 5Naw hath amply confessed.
1596ChapmanIliad v. 259Amply-wise Athenia.
1605Lond.Prodigal i. i. 223Whom, God willing..I will see amply satisfied.
1751JohnsonRambl.No.162 ⁋8He..saw his care amply recompensed.
1855MacaulayHist.Eng.III. 227The food taken from the enemy would be amply sufficient.
1873BlackPr.Thule x. 161The prophecy was amply fulfilled.
b.Hence, Liberally, without stint.1632HeywoodIron Age i. ii. i. 289Priam..Could not afford Her god-head more applause, Then amply wee bestow on Helena.
1667MiltonP.L. viii. 362So amply, and with hands so liberal, Thou hast provided all things.
1714Spect.No.624 ⁋2A Course of Virtue will in the End be rewarded the most amply.
1852C. M. YongeCameos II. xxx. 319He amply rewarded the faithful men who had aided him.
4.With fullness of expression, copiously; at large.1651HobbesLeviathan iv. xlvi. 372As I have elsewhere more amply expressed.
1702W. J.Bruyn'sVoy.Levant lxiii. 234The Prophet Ezekiel speaks also very amply of the power of the Tyrians.
1741H. WalpoleLett.to H. Mann 7 (1834) I. 23Amply commented upon in Parliament.
1860MauryPhys.Geog.Sea x. §474That such is the case..has been amply shown in other parts of this work.
