Rife

adjective

  1. Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).

    Smallpox was rife after the siege had been lifted.

  2. Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.

    These woodlands are rife with red deer.

  3. Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).

    Many post-colonial governments were rife with lawlessness and corruption.

Synonyms: filled, pandemic, ubiquitous

adverb

  1. Plentifully, abundantly.

    The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.

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