ˌsuperaˈbundantly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a superabundant degree.
1. Abundantly beyond something else, or above measure; very abundantly or plentifully.
| 1530 Palsgr. 852/1 Superhabundantly, superhabundamment. 1593 Nashe Christ's T. Wks. 1904 II. 171 He could haue beene reuenged on thee superaboundantly. 1638 Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. vi. §38. 357, I conceive it sufficiently, abundantly, superabundantly proved to be divine Revelation. a 1665 J. Goodwin Being filled with the Spirit (1867) 253 Those that shall be superabundantly blessed. 1780 H. Walpole Let. to W. Mason 9 June, We have now, superabundantly, to fear robbery: 300 desperate villains were released from Newgate. 1860 Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 48/2 These things are superabundantly evident. 1885 Spectator 8 Aug. 1045/2 She discovers his character, and then husband and wife reproach each other superabundantly. |
2. More than enough (in a bad sense); too abundantly; to or in excess, superfluously.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 313 This Tiberius, callede Nero, was namede..of disporters Biberius Mero, for cause he ȝafe hym to drynke superhabundantely wyne. 1654 tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 185 Those who will be superabundantly and tediously wise. 1755 N. Magens Insurances I. 443 The King, super-abundantly, ordered the Treaties..to be examined. 1844 Emerson Ess. Ser. ii. Experience (1876) 72 My reception has been so large, that I am not annoyed by receiving this or that superabundantly. 1891 Leeds Mercury 25 May 5/3 The assertion that Italian art is superabundantly represented in the National Gallery. |