A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
We have ample time to finish the task.
A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.
We don't need any more. We already have ample.
From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).
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Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
an ample story