bountifulness

boun·ti·ful

(boun′tə-fəl)

adj.

1. Marked by or producing abundance: a bountiful harvest; a bountiful land.

2. Giving generously: Nature has been bountiful to the valley's residents.

boun′ti·ful·ly adv.

boun′ti·ful·ness n.

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Noun

bountifulness - the property of copious abundance

amplitude, bounty

abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"

bountifulness

noun

1. The quality or state of being generous:

big-heartedness, bounteousness, freehandedness, generosity, generousness, great-heartedness, large-heartedness, lavishness, liberality, magnanimity, magnanimousness, munificence, openhandedness, unselfishness, unsparingness.

2. Prosperity and a sufficiency of life's necessities:

abundance, bounteousness, plenitude, plenteousness, plenty.

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No poor, simple, virtuous body was ever cajoled by the attentions of an electioneering politician with more ease than Aunt Chloe was won over by Master Sam's suavities; and if he had been the prodigal son himself, he could not have been overwhelmed with more maternal bountifulness; and he soon found himself seated, happy and glorious, over a large tin pan, containing a sort of olla podrida of all that had appeared on the table for two or three days past.

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Situated on a hill, the 1960s village, the vision and creation of two Egyptian poets, overlooks scenic vistas of Fayoum's sandy hills and the calm salt waters of Lake Qarun; a stunning contrast of drought and bountifulness; a representation of Egypt's heritage and landscape.

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Stay flexible and give and take, and bountifulness can follow.

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"If we provide enough resources for flourishing towns like Santo Tomas, then more Filipinos are given the chance to relish this bountifulness," Angara said.