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# copiously

«copiously» in Mova's school dictionary: **in very large amounts, much more than usual** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Copiously means in very large amounts, much more than usual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in books and reports about rain, tears, blood, sweat or notes: «it rained copiously», «she wept copiously», «he took notes copiously». It tells the reader there was a great deal of something. Everyday words are «a lot», «heavily», «loads of».

### examples

- It rained copiously all weekend, and the river flooded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x1)
- She wept copiously at the end of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x2)
- The runner sweated copiously in the heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x3)
- He took notes copiously during the science talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x4)
- Water the seedlings copiously after planting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x5)
- The wound bled copiously, so they pressed a clean cloth on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x6)

### note

Adjective: copious (copious notes, copious rain). It is about amount, not about copying — do not confuse it with «copy».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «copiously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.