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He speaks of the curious little carabideous beetles of the genus Notiophilus as being "extremely unstable both in their sculpture and hue;" of the common Calathus mollis as having "the hind wings at one time ample, at another rudimentary, and at a third nearly obsolete;" and of the same irregularity as to the wings being characteristic of many Orthoptera and of the Homopterous Fulgoridae.

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  1. adjective Of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity: an ample living room. See Synonyms at spacious.
  2. adjective Large in degree, kind, or quantity: an ample reward.
  3. adjective More than enough: ample evidence.

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  • Supplies of corn in these countries are ample, and export prices are made attractive by generally favorable exchange rates. —  CattleNetwork
  • So ample were the pecuniary tributes which she levied upon the hopes and the fears, or the simple curiosity of the aristocracy, that she was thus able to display not unfrequently a disinterestedness and a generosity, which seemed native to her disposition, amongst the humbler classes of her applicants; for she rejected no addresses that were made to her, provided only they were not expressed in levity or scorn, but with sincerity, and in a spirit of confiding respect. —  The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg
  • The Texan revolt had no other justification than that which it derived from the overthrow of the Federal Constitution; but that was ample, and, had it not been for the introduction of slavery into Texas, the judgment of the civilized world would have been entirely in favor of the Texans. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860
  • Yes! an exceeding great reward--ample as the heart's desire--for contentment is borne of obedience--where no repinings are, the wings of thought are imped beyond the power of the eagle's plumes; and happy are we now--with the human smiles and voices we love even more than thine, thou fairest region of nature! —  Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
  • In orchards the shade of the trees is usually ample, and in some instances excessive. —  Clovers and How to Grow Them
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin amplus.

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  1. from late Middle English ample, from French ample, from Latin amplus, prob. from am- for ambi-, around (see ambi-), + -plus for *-pulus, full, = English full: cf. Latin plenus, full, and see full and plenty.
 

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