Meaning & use
amply
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UK/ˈæmpli/
US/ˈæmpli/
Meaning
adverbnot comparable
To a fully sufficient degree or more than enough; generously.
Grammar: Usually placed before a past participle or after a verb: amply rewarded, amply supplied.
Patterns
- amply rewarded
- amply supplied with something
- amply demonstrate something
The volunteers were amply rewarded with warm thanks and a good lunch.
The shelves were amply stocked before the storm arrived.
Her results amply demonstrate that the method works.
Common combinations
- amply rewarded
- Years of hard work were amply rewarded when she won the prize.
- amply illustrated
- The book is amply illustrated with maps and photographs.
- amply justified
- His caution proved amply justified.
- amply supplied
- The camp was amply supplied with food and blankets.
- amply demonstrated
- The experiment amply demonstrated the effect of heat.
Synonyms and how they differ
- abundantly
- Abundantly stresses large quantity, and is common in the phrase abundantly clear, while amply stresses having more than enough.
- generously
- Generously often points to the giver's attitude, while amply simply describes how plentiful something is.
- sufficiently
- Sufficiently means just enough, whereas amply means comfortably more than enough.
- richly
- Richly suggests lavish quality or depth, as in richly deserved, while amply suggests ample quantity.
Opposites
Word family
Practice
The farmers were ______ rewarded for their patience when the harvest turned out to be the best in ten years.
Choose one answer.
Amply means more than sufficiently, so it suits a generous reward. Scarcely and barely suggest almost none, which contradicts the best harvest.
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