plenty

³plenty

adv

Definition of PLENTY

: more than sufficiently : to a considerable degree <the nights were plenty cold — F. B. Gipson>

Usage Discussion of PLENTY

Many handbooks advise avoiding the adverb plenty in writing; “use very, quite, or a more precise word,” they advise. Actually plenty is often a more precise word than its recommended replacements; very, fully, or quite will not work as well in these typical quotations <it's already plenty hot for us in the kitchen without some dolt opening the oven — C. H. Bridges> <may not be rising quite as rapidly as other health costs, but it is going up plenty fast — Changing Times>. It is not used in more formal writing.

Examples of PLENTY

1. There's plenty more where that came from.
2. The car is plenty large enough to fit six people.

First Known Use of PLENTY

1842