Also spelled a-plenty

US /əˈplɛnti/ UK /əˈplɛnti/
adj adv Freq #48178

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    existing in a generous or more than sufficient quantity, normally placed after the noun

    The orchard supplied apples aplenty that autumn.

  2. 2
    adv

    in abundance or more than enough

    Wildflowers grew aplenty along the riverbank.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · existing in a generous or... abundantgaloreplentiful
2 adv · in abundance or more than... abundantlyplentifully
Opposites
Word family
Related forms plentyabundance

Etymology

From earlier a-plenty, formed with a- + plenty. The word commonly follows the noun it modifies, much like galore, and can also function adverbially to mean abundantly.

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