AMPLENESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does ampleness mean? • AMPLENESS (noun)
The noun AMPLENESS has 2 senses:
1. the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency
2. the property of impressive largeness in size
Familiarity information: AMPLENESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMPLENESS (noun)
Meaning:
The property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the ampleness of her servings more than satisfied his hunger
Hypernyms ("ampleness" is a kind of...):
adequacy; sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)
Meaning:
The property of impressive largeness in size
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
he admired the ampleness of its proportions
Hypernyms ("ampleness" is a kind of...):
bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)
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