richness Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the property of being extremely abundant
   profusion; cornucopia; profuseness.
   
   • the profusion of detail
   • the idiomatic richness of English
2. noun abundant wealth
   affluence.
   
   • they studied forerunners of richness or poverty
   • the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
3. noun the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
   fullness; mellowness.
   
   • the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall
   • the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness
   • he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance
4. noun the quality of having high intrinsic value
   
   • the richness of the mines and pastureland
   • the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive
5. noun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
   fertility; rankness; prolificacy.
   
   • he praised the richness of the soil
   • weeds lovely in their rankness
6. noun a strong deep vividness of hue
   
   • the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room
7. noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
   impressiveness; magnificence; grandness.
   
   • the grandness of the architecture
   • impressed by the richness of the flora

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