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ABUNDANTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an abundant manner
Example:
he thanked her profusely
Synonyms:
abundantly; copiously; extravagantly; profusely
Classified under:
Pertainym:
abundant (present in great quantity)
Context examples:
APPBP2 is abundantly expressed in breast cancer.
(Amyloid Beta Precursor Protein-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)
His character sunk on every review of it; and as a punishment for him, as well as a possible advantage to Jane, she seriously hoped he might really soon marry Mr. Darcy's sister, as by Wickham's account, she would make him abundantly regret what he had thrown away.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Expressed in a variety of tissues (abundantly in erythroid stem cells to differentiated reticulocytes) by human MPP1 Gene (MAGUK Family), 466-aa 52-kDa Palmitoylated Membrane Protein 1 contains 1 PDZ/DHR domain, 1 conserved SH3 domain, 1 guanylate kinase-like domain, and a region that binds to cytoskeletal protein 4.1.
(Palmitoylated Membrane Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Her tears fell abundantly—but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable in Emma's eyes—and she listened to her and tried to console her with all her heart and understanding—really for the time convinced that Harriet was the superior creature of the two—and that to resemble her would be more for her own welfare and happiness than all that genius or intelligence could do.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Led by Professor Alfonso Jaramillo in the School of Life Sciences, new research has discovered that a common molecule, ribonucleic acid (RNA), which is produced abundantly by humans, plants and animals, can be genetically engineered to allow scientists to program the actions of a cell.
(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
We all have some brown fat – or brown adipose tissue, as it is also known – in our bodies, but it is found most abundantly in newborns and in hibernating animals (where the heat produced by brown fat enables them to survive even in freezing temperatures).
(Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat ‘brown’ could help fight obesity, University of Cambridge)
Mr. Collins, however, was not discouraged from speaking again, and Mr. Darcy's contempt seemed abundantly increasing with the length of his second speech, and at the end of it he only made him a slight bow, and moved another way.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
With such rivals for the notice of the fair as Mr. Wickham and the officers, Mr. Collins seemed to sink into insignificance; to the young ladies he certainly was nothing; but he had still at intervals a kind listener in Mrs. Phillips, and was by her watchfulness, most abundantly supplied with coffee and muffin.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
