Abundantly
Abundantly adverb - In an abundant manner.
Rather and abundantly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Abundantly".
Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Abundantly and rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abundantly" instead an adverb "Rather".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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It's made abundantly clear that, despite his support, he really would rather Bruce Wayne not be Batman, and he's not shy about taking advantage of the fact that he's one of the only people who can dress Batman down and actually be listened to.
Source: Servile Snarker - It becomes abundantly clear (even flat-out said at one point) that he doesn't want to escape, but rather he wants to take the glory for being the one to figure out how.
Source: Glory Hound - She's cleaned up her act since her rather spectacular meltdown 8 years prior, but the majority of the cast (sans Shinji) don't believe she has changed, particularly Rei who makes it abundantly clear that she detests Asuka.
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