plenty
//ˈplɛnti//
Forms
- Plural
- plenties
- Comparative
- more plenty
- Superlative
- most plenty
Definitions
1.A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal.
- We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
- 'It's all right, darling,' said Bond, pulling out his notecase. 'You've forgotten you gave me your money to look after before we left the house.' 'Guess the lady'll need plenty for her summer frocks,' said the conductor.
1.More than enough.
- Acquire one of these and you'll have plenty of car for your money.
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.(colloquial)
- Seeing clichés mimicked this skillfully is plenty hilarious.
- She was plenty mad at him.
- 'Guess the lady'll need plenty for her summer frocks,' said the conductor. 'Shops is plenty expensive in St Pete. Plenty hot down there too. You folks been to Florida before?'
1.much, enough(colloquial)
2.many(colloquial)
- Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.
1.Plentiful.(colloquial)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1838
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman plent(é) + -y, from Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plēnitātem, accusative of plēnitās (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic.