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BNC: 1977 COCA: 2044

plenty

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pronoun

plen·​ty ˈplen-tē How to pronounce plenty (audio)
singular or plural in construction
: an adequate or more than adequate number or amount of something : a number or amount of something that is enough for a particular purpose
had plenty of time to finish the job
plenty of room
I don't need more. I have plenty.
There's plenty to do/see here.

plenty

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noun

: an abundance especially of material things that permit a satisfactory life : a condition or time of abundance
a feeling of plenty
a land of plenty
a season of plenty

plenty

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adjective

1
: plentiful in amount, number, or supply
if reasons were as plenty as blackberries William Shakespeare
2
: ample
plenty work to be done Time
Using Plenty as an Adjective: Usage Guide

Many commentators object to use of sense 2 in writing; it appears to be limited chiefly to spoken English. Sense 1 is literary but is no longer in common use.

plenty

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adverb

: more than sufficiently : to a considerable degree
the nights were plenty cold F. B. Gipson
Using Plenty as an Adverb: Usage Guide

Many handbooks advise avoiding the adverb plenty in writing; "use very, quite, or a more precise word," they advise. Actually plenty is often a more precise word than its recommended replacements; very, fully, or quite will not work as well in these typical quotations.

it's already plenty hot for us in the kitchen without some dolt opening the oven C. H. Bridges
may not be rising quite as rapidly as other health costs, but it is going up plenty fast — Changing Times

It is not used in more formal writing.

Phrases
in plenty
: present or existing in large amounts : in abundance
There were eggs in plenty not far off, in the hen house. Robert C. O'Brien
… academics can cite evidence in plenty … to justify their skepticism. Peter Green

Synonyms

Noun

Adjective

Example Sentences

Noun They thought of America as the land of plenty. you'll have plenty of time to make your connecting flight Adjective we've picked plenty blueberries, so there'll be some left over after we make the pie Adverb There's plenty more where that came from. The car is plenty large enough to fit six people.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adverb
For most casual use, the Paperwhite is plenty fast. Christian De Looper, BGR, 30 Nov. 2021 The top speed of the universe, 300 million meters per second, is plenty fast to cut your commute down to a fraction of a second and make trips to the stars take years instead of decades or millennia. Jorge Cham Daniel Whiteson, Wired, 3 Nov. 2021 The New York Jets can only hope there are plenty more days like this — but maybe without as much drama. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2021 Dallas-Fort Worth finally hit 100 degrees for the first time this year, but there are plenty more hot days ahead. Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 25 July 2021 But with sightseeing out of the way, Greece's capital has plenty more to offer. Joe Minihane, CNN, 13 July 2022 But Anschutz’s wind farm also offers a sneak peek at some of the obstacles that could derail the clean energy revolution — and fuel a future of ever-deadlier wildfires, droughts, heat waves and floods, which are already plenty bad enough. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 At nearly 7 feet in length, this picnic blanket easily seats multiple people in a cross-legged position and is plenty long for one or two people lying down. Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 The resumption of live performance after the long pandemic shutdown brought plenty to cheer about over the past year. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Pronoun

Middle English plente, borrowed from Anglo-French plenté, adaptation as quantifier of plenté "abundance, plenty entry 2"

Noun

Middle English plente "abundance, fullness," borrowed from Anglo-French plenté, pleinté "abundance, bounty" (also continental Old & Middle French), going back to Latin plēnitāt-, plēnitās "fullness to saturation," from plēnus "full" + -itāt-, -itās -ity — more at full entry 1

Adjective

Middle English plente, adaptation as quantifier of plenté "abundance, plenty entry 2"

Adverb

derivative of plenty entry 1

First Known Use

Pronoun

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plenty was in the 13th century

Phrases Containing plenty

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