AMPLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ampleness mean? 

• AMPLENESS (noun)
  The noun AMPLENESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency

2. the property of impressive largeness in size

  Familiarity information: AMPLENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the ampleness of her servings more than satisfied his hunger

Hypernyms ("ampleness" is a kind of...):

adequacy; sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)

Derivation:

ample (affording an abundant supply)

ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of impressive largeness in size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

he admired the ampleness of its proportions

Hypernyms ("ampleness" is a kind of...):

bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)

Derivation:

ample (fairly large in size)