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Definition of Plenty
1. Noun. A full supply. "There was plenty of food for everyone"
Generic synonyms: Abundance, Copiousness, Teemingness
Derivative terms: Plenteous, Plentiful, Plentiful, Plenteous
2. Adverb. As much as necessary. "I've had plenty, thanks"
3. Noun. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. "A wad of money"
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Deluge, Flood, Inundation, Torrent, Haymow
Derivative terms: Heap, Heap, Pile, Plenteous, Wad
Definition of Plenty
1. n. Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness.
2. a. Plentiful; abundant.
Definition of Plenty
1. Noun. An adequate amount. ¹
2. Pronoun. A sufficient quantity. More than enough. ¹
3. Adverb. Sufficiently or very. ¹
4. Adjective. (obsolete) plentiful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plenty
1. a sufficient or abundant amount [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plenty
Literary usage of Plenty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
""Oh," interrupted Emma, "there will be plenty of time for talking everything over.
There is no hurry at all. If it can be contrived to be at the Crown, ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"This is likewise a colored picture-book, with full-page designs by Andre, which
have plenty of life and spirit in them, and also plenty of color. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"plenty. Quite. Used adverbially. ' It's plenty big enough for all I want.' Poke.
Pronounced Pook. ..."
4. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
""No, indeed; he has plenty of sense, but I think he would not show it as a clergyman.
He would be a piece of professional affectation. ..."
5. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
""Oh," interrupted Emma, "there will be plenty of time for talking everything over.
There is no hurry at all. If it can be contrived to be at the Crown, ..."
6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"This is likewise a colored picture-book, with full-page designs by Andre, which
have plenty of life and spirit in them, and also plenty of color. ..."
7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"plenty. Quite. Used adverbially. ' It's plenty big enough for all I want.' Poke.
Pronounced Pook. ..."
8. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
""No, indeed; he has plenty of sense, but I think he would not show it as a clergyman.
He would be a piece of professional affectation. ..."
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