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Definition

abundant (large in quantity or number)

copious = large

copious = a lot of

The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded.
Bronte, Emily -- Wuthering Heights
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.
Yann Martel -- Life of Pi

copiously = abundant (large in quantity)

As he paces, he mops copious quantities of sweat from his balding head with a large white towel.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey

copious = abundant (a large amount)

his attention was suddenly caught by the picture ... of the lady dressed in copious fur.
Franz Kafka -- Metamorphosis

copious = abundant (large)

It was like being in a carnival fun house, but with a copious amount of hair gel.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

copious = abundant (a lot)

Peeta takes copious notes, Haymitch volunteers information about the victors' personalities, and slowly we begin to know our competition.
Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire

copious = abundant (a lot of)

Okonkwo sat in his obi crunching happily with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, and drinking palm-wine copiously, when Ogbuefi Ezeudu came in.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

copiously = in large in quantity

Calmly, Jim put a fist into his copious and richly treasured pockets, rummaged, and held out his hand.
Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes

copious = large

copious = abundant (large in quantity or number)

copiously = a lot

...and accompanied it with copious directions how he was to walk straight up the passage, and when he got into the yard take the door up the steps on the right-hand side, and...
Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart

copious = abundant (large in quantity or number)

copious = large in number

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.
Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes

copious = abundant (large in quantity)

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.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

copious = abundant (enormous)

The banker's speech was fluent, but it was also copious, and he used up an appreciable amount of time in brief meditative pauses.
Eliot, George -- Middlemarch
Dinner over, we produced a bundle of pens, a copious supply of ink, and a goodly show of writing and blotting paper.
Dickens, Charles -- Great Expectations
This subject is copious and cannot easily be exhausted.
Jay, John -- Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay
Pickwick having refreshed himself with a copious draught of ale, waited his friend's leisure.
Dickens, Charles -- The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club

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