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AMPLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of impressive largeness in size
Example:
he admired the ampleness of its proportions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ampleness" is a kind of...):
bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)
Derivation:
ample (fairly large in size)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency
Example:
the ampleness of her servings more than satisfied his hunger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ampleness" is a kind of...):
adequacy; sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)
Derivation:
ample (affording an abundant supply)
ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)
