bounteous
pronunciation
How to pronounce bounteous in British English:
UK [ˈbaʊntiəs]
How to pronounce bounteous in American English:
US [ˈbaʊntiəs]
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- Adjective:
- given or giving freely
Word Origin
- bounteous (adj.)
- late 14c., from bounty + -ous; originally "full of goodness," but always shading toward "generous in bestowing," a sense which logically might have been left to bountiful. Related: Bounteously; bounteousness.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The life in construction of socialistic new rural area is bounteous .
- 2. We are grateful to you for your bounteous gifts .
- 3. In the bounteous time of roses love is wine .
- 4. Happy event of - of more bounteous tomorrow - sees dweller of suzhou urban district lay vivid new change .
- 5. Solitude in this terrestrial paradise is a genial balm to my mind , and the young spring cheers with its bounteous promises my oftentimes misgiving heart .