adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a bounteous manner; with generous liberality; munificently; freely, plentifully, largely, amply.

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1531.  Elyot, Gov., I. xx. Ye may … bounteousely rewarde me.

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1590.  Spenser, Muiopot., 151. Feeding vpon their pleasures bounteouslie.

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1601.  Shaks., Twel. N., I. ii. 52. I prethee (and Ile pay thee bounteously) Conceale me what I am.

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a. 1649.  Drumm. of Hawth., Biblioth. Edinb. Lectori, Wks. (1711), 222. Great spirits … learn to forget what they bounteously bestow.

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a. 1843.  Southey, Inscript., xxxv. Wks. III. 153. Never had benignant nature shower’d More bounteously … Her choicest gifts.

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1860.  Tyndall, Glac., 184. The glorious light … was poured bounteously over crags, and snows.

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