— populously , adv. — populousness , n.
/pop"yeuh leuhs/ , adj.
1. full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
2. jammed or crowded with people: There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.
3. forming or comprising a large number or quantity: Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were.
[ 1400-50; late ME populus populosus. See PEOPLE, -OUS ]
Syn. 2. swarming, packed, teeming.