ample

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am·ple / ˈampəl/ • adj. (-pler, -plest) enough or more than enough; plentiful: ample time for discussion. ∎  large and accommodating: his ample chair. ∎  used euphemistically to convey that someone is fat: her ample hips.DERIVATIVES: am·ple·ness n.am·ply / -p(ə)lē/ adv.

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ample

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ample spacious, copious, quite enough. XV. — (O)F. — L. amplus.
So amplify XV, amplification XVI, amplitude XVI, amply XV.

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