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adjective

ə-ˈplen-tē How to pronounce aplenty (audio)
Definition of aplentynext
as in plentiful
being more than enough without being excessive there will be food and drink aplenty, so please come

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aplenty

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adverb

as in plentifully

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Recent Examples of aplenty
Adjective
Over the ensuing centuries, high-IQ couples wait for just the right time to have children, while their lower-IQ counterparts breed aplenty until mankind becomes exponentially more vapid. — Donald Liebenson, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026 Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Italian city’s waterfront, with attendees arriving via speedboat, the Venice red carpet is an unmatched opportunity for windswept movie-star glamour, with A-listers aplenty taking advantage. — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
Adverb
Over the week-plus of the festival, expect stunning jewels, unforgettable couture, and picture-perfect moments aplenty. — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026 Flower child was not the only theme, though there were crowns aplenty. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aplenty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aplenty
  1. plentiful
  2. plentifully
  3. ample
  4. abundantly
  5. generous
  6. amply
  7. optimally
Adjective
  • Kendra Nordin Beato, Staff writer America’s farmers are bringing in a plentiful harvest.
    — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Very quickly, once hard to get soundstage space became plentiful — and often empty.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of plentiful
Adverb
  • During the smoke wave and explosive diarrhea epidemic, the bagged salads at Trader Joe’s were plentifully stocked.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • By Sunday evening, all tickets to England-Argentina in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium — priced at $3,545 in category 1 — were sold out, whereas tickets to France-Spain at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, were plentifully available.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of plentifully
Adjective
  • The reality is that the distractions will be ample and amplified.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The playoffs provided ample opportunities for fans to argue over whether the two best teams in baseball were old school or analytically-driven (the answer is both).
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of ample
Adverb
  • Her Surrealist spirit is abundantly evident in Ni hablar del peluquín (No Use to Talk about the Little Wig), the 1952 painting that featured in both institutional surveys.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Barely a week into the Lakers’ season, ignoring the records, forgetting the statistics, only one thing is abundantly clear.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of abundantly
Adjective
  • Extremely generous with space, one room houses four washing machines and four dryers.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2026
  • With its generous patch pockets and utilitarian vibe, the jacket was a return to one of the most enduring outerwear classics.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of generous
Adverb
  • So much so that it’s been amply speculated his negligible production was about shortcomings.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Now, the 100-acre Voorlinden Estate with its museum amply solves that problem.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of amply
Adverb
  • Also using machine profusion, doctors at Northwestern have been able to more optimally use a single organ, taking two different parts of one liver and inserting it into two recipients.
    — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • There’s no single architecture that optimally addresses every application.
    — Iri Trashanski, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of optimally

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