Plenty


[plen-tee] /ˈplɛn ti/

noun, plural plenties.
1.
a full or abundant supply or amount:
There is plenty of time.
2.
the state or quality of being ; abundance:
resources in plenty.
3.
an abundance, as of goods or luxuries, or a time of such abundance:
the plenty of a rich harvest; the plenty that comes with peace.
adjective
4.
existing in ample quantity or number; ; abundant:
Food is never too plenty in the area.
5.
more than sufficient; ample:
That helping is plenty for me.
adverb
6.
Informal. fully; quite:
plenty good enough.
/ˈplɛntɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
(often foll by of) a great number, amount, or quantity; lots: plenty of time, there are plenty of cars on display here
2.
generous or ample supplies of wealth, produce, or resources: the age of plenty
3.
in plenty, existing in abundance: food in plenty
determiner
4.

adverb
5.
(not standard, mainly US) (intensifier): he was plenty mad
6.
(informal) more than adequately; abundantly: the water’s plenty hot enough
/ˈplɛntɪ/
noun
1.
Bay of Plenty, a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
n.

mid-13c., “as much as one could desire,” from Old French plentee, earlier plentet “abundance, profusion” (12c., Modern French dialectal plenté), from Latin plenitatem (nominative plenitas) “fullness,” from plenus “complete, full” (see plenary). Meaning “condition of general abundance” is from late 14c. The colloquial adverb meaning “very much” is first attested 1842. Middle English had parallel formation plenteth, from the older Old French form of the word.

adverb

Very; very much; extraordinarily: I was plenty cautious (1842+)
see under not the only fish in the sea

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