plenty
a full supply
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,543 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,848 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a full supply also: plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude there was plenty of food for everyone
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent also: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful a batch of lettersa deal of trouble
adverb
- as much as necessary also: enough Have I eaten enough?I've had plenty, thanks
plenty in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
-
There is plenty of poetry in both spectacles--the poetry of motion.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
-
We invented plenty of endings, but the jury voted them all down.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
-
There was plenty of room for it now, for the roof was off.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
-
You cannot procure me one thing needful, nor remove me from this desolate island to a place of plenty.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
-
She had nice, round, fresh cheeks and nice, big, honest eyes, plenty of mouse-brown hair and a short, straight nose.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1