Antonyms for copiousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : koh-pee-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ pi əs

Definition of copiousness

Origin : mid-14c., from Latin copiosus "plentiful," from copia "an abundance, ample supply, profusion, plenty," from com- "with" (see com-) + ops (genitive opis) "power, wealth, resources," from PIE root *op- "to work, produce in abundance" (see opus). Related: Copiously.

noun abundance

Example sentences :

They sing with more confidence and copiousness, and as if they, too, had been touched by civilization.
Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs

For copiousness, sustained wit, and verbal brilliancy the man had few equals.
Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker

From all this we may form some idea of the richness and copiousness of Joseph's history.
Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Genesis » by Charles Henry Mackintosh

And the drinking was, of course, of a copiousness he had little dreamed of.
Extract from : « Villa Elsa » by Stuart Henry

He had a light to all its copiousness, and the other party should have allowed him full enjoyment.
Extract from : « Irish Wit and Humor » by Anonymous

He added to its richness, copiousness, and strength; he gave it music.
Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume III » by John Lord

In popular poems, common ideas are unfolded with copiousness, and set off in polished verse—and this is called poetry.
Extract from : « Selections from the Prose Writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman » by John Henry Newman

There is a suggestion of the robin's love-song in his, but its copiousness, variety, and rapidity give it a character all its own.
Extract from : « Bird Neighbors » by Neltje Blanchan

You would scarcely judge the sincerity of a mourner's sorrow by the copiousness of flow from his lachrymal glands?
Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

The method of looking at any subject-matter in a diversity of lights naturally leads to copiousness of quotation.
Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson

Synonyms for copiousness

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