adj.1 BOUNTEOUS.
2 ample.
Phrases and idioms:
Lady Bountiful a charitable but patronizing lady of a neighbourhood (after a character in Farquhar's Beaux' Stratagem, 1707).
Derivatives:
bountifully adv.
Etymology: BOUNTY + -FUL
adj.1 BOUNTEOUS.
2 ample.
Phrases and idioms:
Lady Bountiful a charitable but patronizing lady of a neighbourhood (after a character in Farquhar's Beaux' Stratagem, 1707).
Derivatives:
bountifully adv.
Etymology: BOUNTY + -FUL
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012