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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : uh-plen-tee
Phonetic Transcription : əˈplɛn ti



Definition of aplenty

Origin :
  • 1830, originally U.S., from a- (1) + plenty (n.). First attested in writings of J. Fenimore Cooper.
  • As in liberal : adj abundant, profuse
  • As in profuse : adj abundant, excessive
  • As in sufficient : adj enough, adequate
  • As in galore : adj in abundance
  • As in bountiful : adj abundant
  • As in plenitudinous : adj generous
  • As in plenteous : adj generous
  • As in superabundant : adj profuse
  • As in copious : adj abundant
  • As in generous : adj plentiful
  • As in amount : noun quantity
Example sentences :
  • "They had aplenty o' hot words," said Gimlet, shaking his head slowly.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
  • There will be aplenty that won't take part in that, so you won't feel odd.
  • Extract from : « The Cottage of Delight » by Will N. Harben
  • Of camera fiends and sketchers and notebook makers there were aplenty.
  • Extract from : « Prowling about Panama » by George A. Miller
  • Plunder there was aplenty and the holds of the Duke and the Duchess bulged with treasure.
  • Extract from : « Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea » by Charles H. L. Johnston
  • Lewd mouths, and cunning mouths, and hateful mouths there were aplenty.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story » by Various
  • Thinks I, if this machine eats up fuel like this we must e'en have enough and aplenty.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Stories » by Various
  • Eminent lawmakers—Hughes, of Australia, among them—were there aplenty; but few practical business men.
  • Extract from : « The War After the War » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
  • Sixty miles a day was about our average, which is aplenty for sight-seeing, even for an American.
  • Extract from : « The Car That Went Abroad » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Silent pedestrians walked along and searched the ground for souvenirs, of which there were aplenty.
  • Extract from : « The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 » by Various
  • I got the fire started; and there's aplenty of wood handy arter all, for you to use as torches when you signal the camp!
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts in the Rockies » by Herbert Carter

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