plenty

UK /ˈplɛnti/ US /ˈplɛnti/
name 3adv 2det 2noun 1pron 1

Definitions

noun

1

A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude.

We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.

During this season of distress, the discouragements to marriage, and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great that population is at a stand. In the mean time the cheapness of labour, the plenty of labourers, and the necessity of an increased industry amongst them, encourage cultivators to employ more labour upon their land, to turn up fresh soil, and to manure and improve more completely what is already in tillage

pron

1

More than enough.

Acquire one of these and you'll have plenty of car for your money.

adv

1

More than sufficiently.

This office is plenty big enough for our needs.

For the likes of her, the down-at-heels support of Hoboken pier was plenty good enough.

2

Used as an intensifier, very.

She was plenty mad at him.

Seeing clichés mimicked this skillfully is plenty hilarious.

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