bountiful

[ boun-tuh-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, or bounties; munificent; generous.

  2. abundant; ample: a bountiful supply.

Origin of bountiful

1
First recorded in 1500–10; bounty + -ful

synonym study For bountiful

1. See generous. 2. See plentiful.

Other words from bountiful

  • boun·ti·ful·ly, adverb
  • boun·ti·ful·ness, noun
  • un·boun·ti·ful, adjective
  • un·boun·ti·ful·ly, adverb
  • un·boun·ti·ful·ness, noun

Other definitions for Bountiful (2 of 2)

Bountiful
[ boun-tuh-fuhl ]

noun
  1. a city in N Utah, near Salt Lake City.

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How to use bountiful in a sentence

  • After this, who can doubt the bountifulness of the Christian Mythology?

  • While, therefore, morning and noon there is bountifulness, we do not have much on our tea-table but dishes and talk.

    Around The Tea-Table | T. De Witt Talmage
  • His religious fervor, however, decreased in direct proportion to the bountifulness with which heaven rewarded his prayers.

    The Manbos of Mindano | John M. Garvan
  • The very sense of undeservedness invests the gift with a bountifulness and a glory which you would not forego.

    Sermons | J. B. Lightfoot
  • The charm of this enclosure, like Southern hospitality, is a combination of bountifulness and grateful simplicity.

British Dictionary definitions for bountiful

bountiful

/ (ˈbaʊntɪfʊl) /


adjective
  1. plentiful; ample (esp in the phrase a bountiful supply)

  2. giving freely; generous

Derived forms of bountiful

  • bountifully, adverb
  • bountifulness, noun

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