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Cows create copious amounts of methane—a greenhouse gas.copious = large
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She took copious notes.copious = a lot of
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The stromboli is a staple in Pennsylvania cuisine, essentially consisting of a pizza folded on itself, a bread, dairy, and meat concoction held together with copious amounts of grease, classic adolescent comfort food. (source)copious = abundant (enormous)
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Peeta takes copious notes, Haymitch volunteers information about the victors' personalities, and slowly we begin to know our competition. (source)copious = abundant (a lot of)
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As he paces, he mops copious quantities of sweat from his balding head with a large white towel. (source)copious = abundant (a large amount)
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I always made sure I was there before him, copiously marking my territory with urine so that he didn't forget who was who and what was whose. (source)copiously = abundant (large in quantity)
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He put on a fine show--whispering with Peter, putting his hand on the boy's arm when he got upset, taking copious notes on the direct examination and sharing them with his client. (source)copious = abundant (large in quantity)
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Okonkwo sat in his obi crunching happily with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, and drinking palm-wine copiously, when Ogbuefi Ezeudu came in. (source)copiously = in large in quantity
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What mere copiousness of fecundity can supply and mere greed preserve, we possess.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Calmly, Jim put a fist into his copious and richly treasured pockets, rummaged, and held out his hand. (source)copious = large
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I prayed copiously. (source)copiously = a lot
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By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate the channels of industry, and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness.† (source)
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It was like being in a carnival fun house, but with a copious amount of hair gel. (source)copious = abundant (a lot)
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Copiously, her brother coughs.† (source)
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Even the friendliest English critics seem to be daunted by the gargantuan copiousness of American inventions in speech.† (source)
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And that Charles's sister's tale-bearing tongue should be relevant to the building of a Yukon fire, was apparent only to Mercedes, who disburdened herself of copious opinions upon that topic, and incidentally upon a few other traits unpleasantly peculiar to her husband's family. (source)copious = a large number of
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