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[ uh-plen-tee ] / əˈplɛn ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR aplenty ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivein sufficient quantity; in generous amounts (usually used following the noun it modifies): He had troubles aplenty. adverbsufficiently; enough; more than sparingly: He howled aplenty when hurt. Origin of aplentyFirst recorded in 1820–30; a-1 + plenty Words nearby aplentyaplasia axialis extracorticalis, aplasia cutis congenita, aplastic, aplastic anemia, aplastic lymph, aplenty, aplite, aplomb, apmt., APN, apnea Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aplentyThose looking for historical lessons will find them aplenty. We're Still Fighting the Opium Wars|William O’Connor|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Blood, guts, and gore are aplenty, but at its core is a very engaging character study of a small group of survivors. Rob Zombie's Top 9 Zombie Films|Rob Zombie|October 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST Sixty miles a day was about our average, which is aplenty for sight-seeing, even for an American. The Car That Went Abroad|Albert Bigelow Paine Of camera fiends and sketchers and notebook makers there were aplenty. Prowling about Panama|George A. Miller
Lewd mouths, and cunning mouths, and hateful mouths there were aplenty. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various There will be aplenty that won't take part in that, so you won't feel odd. The Cottage of Delight|Will N. Harben Silent pedestrians walked along and searched the ground for souvenirs, of which there were aplenty. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915|Various
British Dictionary definitions for aplenty
adjective, adverb (postpositive)Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to aplentygenerous, plentiful, satisfactory, acceptable, ample, tolerable, lavish, magnanimous, extensive, large, rich, wealthy, handsome, load, bulk, extent, supply, chunk, number, volume |