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aplenty

uh-PLEHN-tee
adv
1
In large or generous quantity; in abundance.
"At the festival there was food and music aplenty."
"The new policy has critics aplenty on both sides of the debate."

How to Use Aplenty

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA lot of something — usually placed right after the noun it describes, like "trouble aplenty."

When to use it

Slightly old-fashioned or literary in tone; common in headlines and playful writing.

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Etymology

From an older phrase "a plenty," combining the indefinite article with "plenty."

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