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Meanings of bounteous in English

Given or giving freely.

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Examples for "big"
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We still have big water issues following the Havelock North water crisis.
Radio NZ
2
No idea what half those big words mean but, yes, good point.
The Guardian
3
The paper sheds new light on a big issue for technology companies.
Wired
4
The big question now is: Can Quora really hope to answer everything?
Wired
5
New firms offering 'big data' solutions to bond traders continue to emerge.
Reuters
1
This included giving doctors more time to do paper work, he said.
Radio NZ
2
China also offered more aid, the news agency said, without giving details.
Reuters
3
Business confidence remains robust, giving the economy momentum heading into this year.
Radio NZ
4
You belong in the light; in love and the giving of love.
The Place Beyond the Winds
5
Three months, you say, giving a simple answer to a simple question.
The Guardian
1
And Wyatt is handsome,' Bonvisi says, 'in the English style, of course.
Wolf hall
2
Photograph: HBO He is handsome, of course, though in a low-key way.
The Guardian
3
Father was dressed in his new Italian suit and looked extremely handsome.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
4
It wasn't long until a new tenant for the handsome house appeared.
Ghosts
5
Now you just make some handsome sons and vote the right way.
Rakes and radishes
1
The second was economic: the free market liberal revolution of the 1980s.
The Guardian
2
The research is made freely available immediately, within a liberal licensing regime.
The Guardian
3
Israel has a strong economy, enviable healthcare system and liberal social policy.
The Irish Times
4
He rejected the fundamental principles of the liberal movement in German politics.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
5
Mr Dunne agreed that more liberal laws for natural cannabis could help.
Radio NZ
1
The Irish service hasn't quite caught up with the bountiful UK equivalent.
The Irish Times
2
After that, it will carry a bountiful second flush in early autumn.
The Guardian
3
Such bountiful opportunities, though, suggest a double-B deal is meant to be.
Reuters
4
You can thank the bountiful Jupiter-Sun celestial love fest for that now.
Ebony
5
It's not as though your love life has been bountiful this year.
Deadly Décisions
1
His arms went out, openhanded, in a hopeless gesture of appeasement.
The darkest road
2
Before Russ could react, Anna hauled back and slapped him openhanded across the face.
Darkness on the edge of town
3
He hit Shadow an openhanded blow across the stomach, knocking the breath from him.
American Gods
4
That group had been most openhanded with John Eliot.
Caleb's crossing
5
And then he stepped forward and gave me an openhanded slap to the face, hard.
Dexter Is Dead
1
Baird wasn't exactly the most bighearted Gear, but he couldn't resist a mechanical challenge.
Jacinto's Remnant
2
Selma was a large black woman, bighearted and fiercely independent.
The capitol game
3
Tom Wells is bighearted and smart without a Mr.
With friends like these
4
He pictured Monk, easy mannered, sharp-eyed, bighearted.
Map of bones
5
Or had he just taken advantage of Jolene's bighearted instincts to give of herself without regard for herself?
Riding the storm
1
The king's representatives had been much too freehanded in granting land.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
2
He seemed good-natured, he was freehanded, he had money, he never said anything.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
3
God was not freehanded with His heaven.
Invisible Links
4
The heavy debts of England had to be considered-andhere, as in all pecuniary arrangements, England was freehanded.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
5
He was generous and freehanded with his money, loved joviality, and had a good voice for a song.
Boys and Girls from Thackeray
Usage of bounteous in English
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The above comedy was thrown in for their entertainment by bounteous fate.
The Cloister and the Hearth
2
A lesser man would have been jealous of Simon's bounteous good fortune.
Tuck
3
As bounteous as the hand of God was their house to me.
Armenian Literature: Comprising Poetry, Drama, Folk-lore and Cla...
4
Ye should give a bounteous offering to the gods for preserving you.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
5
She smiled, that bounteous woman, with the joy of life and hope.
In the Days of the Comet
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Palaces, geail, heroes and bounteous fairies disappear pell-mell into the lowest depth.
The Grip of Desire: The Story of a Parish-Priest
7
Yes, they're very fine, full bunches; it has been a bounteous year.
Audrey
8
Shall we refuse this small crumb of comfort from our bounteous board?
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
9
Others would consider it evidence of an ocean rich with bounteous untapped potential.
The Guardian
10
To every cottager in the parish he was a bounteous benefactor.
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
11
To thy fields both the god and the goddess have been freely bounteous.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
12
Unlike their dreams of bounteous profits, this goal has been met.
News.com.au
13
Google's bounteous canteens overflow with gratis grub: sushi, mussels and oysters feature regularly.
The Guardian
14
Well, to begin with, the world's seas are not uniformly bounteous.
A short history of nearly everything
15
Whatever else this team lacks, their reserves of character are bounteous.
The Irish Times
16
Grapes were bounteous, green grapes and blue, others purple and red.
The Tarn of Eternity
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