Amply vs Replete - What's the difference?
amply | replete |
In an ample manner.
* 1902 , , The Great Boer War , ch. 36,
Abounding.
* 1730 , , "The Pheasant and the Lark":
* 1759 , , Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , ch. 12:
* 1843 , , Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. 44:
* 1916 , , Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers , "Seneca":
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
* 1901 , , "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods :
* 1913 , , The Valley of the Moon , ch. 15:
To restore something that has been depleted.
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As an adverb amply
is in an ample manner.As an adjective replete is
abounding.As a noun replete is
a honeypot ant.As a verb replete is
to restore something that has been depleted.amply
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- If, during his long persecution by President Kruger, Wools-Sampson in the bitterness of his heart had vowed a feud against the Boer cause, it must be acknowledged that he has most amply fulfilled it.
Anagrams
* *replete
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
- His subjects with delight obey:
- His tail was beauteous to behold,
- Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
- In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .