noun
plenty
PLEHN-tee
noun
1
A large or more-than-sufficient amount.
"There's plenty of time before the train leaves."
"We have plenty of leftovers if you're hungry."
adv
1
Informal: used to mean "very" or "quite."
"The soup was plenty hot enough."
How to Use Plenty
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMore than enough — a comfortable abundance of something.
Common pairings
plenty of time
plenty of room
plenty more
Word Forms
more plenty comparative, plenties plural, most plenty superlative
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman plenté, ultimately from Latin plenitas ("fullness"), from plenus ("full") — the same root that gives us "full," "complete," and "replenish."