plentifully C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈplɛntɪfəli/ UK /ˈplɛntɪfəli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in abundant or copious quantities Fruit grew plentifully in the warm valley. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in abundant or copious... abundantlycopiouslyamplybountifullyprofuselylavishlygenerously ↔ Opposites sparselyscantilymeagerly Word family Related forms plentifulplentyplenteous Etymology AI details From plentiful (from plenty, from Latin plenitas 'fullness', from plenus 'full') + -ly. plenus Latin *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # plentifully **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈplɛntɪfəli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈplɛntɪfəli/ ## Meanings 1. in abundant or copious quantities ## Examples - Fruit grew plentifully in the warm valley. ## Synonyms - abundantly - copiously - amply - bountifully - profusely - lavishly - generously ## Antonyms - sparsely - scantily - meagerly ## Related Forms - plentiful - plenty - plenteous ## Roots and Affixes - Root: plenus - Root: *pleh₁- ## Etymology From plentiful (from plenty, from Latin plenitas 'fullness', from plenus 'full') + -ly. ## AI Etymology Plentifully is from plentiful (from plenty, from Latin plenitas 'fullness', from plenus 'full') + -ly. Important recorded forms include plenus (Latin) and *pleh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers in abundant or copious quantities. The wider family includes related words such as plentiful, plenty, and plenteous. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown