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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affording an abundant supply
Example:
a rich supply
Synonyms:
ample; copious; plenteous; plentiful; rich
Classified under:
Similar:
abundant (present in great quantity)
Derivation:
ampleness (the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency)
Sense 2
Meaning:
More than enough in size or scope or capacity
Example:
an ample supply
Classified under:
Similar:
full; good (having the normally expected amount)
generous (more than is usual or necessary)
full; wide; wide-cut (having ample fabric)
Also:
abundant (present in great quantity)
sufficient (of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant)
Attribute:
adequacy; sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)
Antonym:
meager (deficient in amount or quality or extent)
Derivation:
ampleness (the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fairly large in size
Example:
of ample proportions
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
ampleness (the property of impressive largeness in size)
Context examples:
Mrs. Jennings was a widow with an ample jointure.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I know you will do him such ample justice, that I am growing every moment more unconcerned and indifferent.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
No; his needs were very simple and his salary ample.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If the audience had done less than justice, surely it made ample amends.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Models predict that an accretion disk forms when ample amounts of gas are trapped by a black hole’s strong gravitational pull.
(Hubble Uncovers Black Hole Disk that Shouldn't Exist, NASA)
On the third day, however, I had ample evidence that her solemn promise was not enough to hold her back from this secret influence which drew her away from her husband and her duty.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her brow was clear and ample, her blue eyes cloudless, and her lips and the moulding of her face so expressive of sensibility and sweetness that none could behold her without looking on her as of a distinct species, a being heaven-sent, and bearing a celestial stamp in all her features.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
To many in those ancient days the tourney may have seemed a bloody and brutal ordeal, but we who look at it with ample perspective see that it was a rude but gallant preparation for the conditions of life in an iron age.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Now he was himself Socman of Minstead, the head of an old stock, and the lord of an estate which, if reduced from its former size, was still ample to preserve the dignity of his family.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It would strike him that in disappearing he might throw all pursuit off his track, and at the same time have an ample and crushing revenge upon his old sweetheart, if he could give the impression that he had been murdered by her only child.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
