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See also: a-plenty
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier a-plenty, equivalent to a- + plenty.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /əˈplɛnti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]aplenty (not comparable)
- (postpositive) In a generous or overlarge quantity.
- Synonym: galore
- We have helpers aplenty but lack the skilled support.
- 2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 31 July 2018:
- But Fallout’s almost inexhaustible supply of sticky situations provides suspense aplenty: This may be the closest this peerless series has ever come to making us believe that the mission may actually be impossible.
Translations
[edit]in an overlarge quantity
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Adverb
[edit]aplenty (not comparable)
- Enough or more than enough.
Translations
[edit]more than enough
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Anagrams
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