Definition of abounding
: existing in or providing a great or plentiful quantity or supply It's simply full of … villains, impossible heroics and abounding clichés. — Newgate Callendar My willingness to do so was hampered by an abounding ignorance of how it should be done … — Maya Angelou an area of research abounding in/with new developments
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adverb I studied him with the attention and respect that a younger man pays to an exemplary older one, and I was aboundingly repaid. — Wendell BerryIndulge Your Inner Word Nerd
First Known Use of abounding
1560
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