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# copiously

adverb

«copiously» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x1)
- She wept copiously at the end of the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x2)
- The runner sweated copiously in the heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x3)
- He took notes copiously during the science talk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/#x4)
- Water the seedlings copiously after planting. [tree →](https://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://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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «copiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«copiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/copiously.html) on Mova free.