plentiful
Americanadjective
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ample; abundant
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having or yielding an abundance
a plentiful year
Related Words
Plentiful, ample, abundant, bountiful describe a more than adequate supply of something. Plentiful suggests an over-adequate quantity: a plentiful supply. Ample suggests a more than adequate quality as well: to give ample praise. Abundant implies a greater degree of plenty, and bountiful a still more ample quality as well: an abundant, even a bountiful, harvest.
Other Word Forms
- overplentiful adjective
- overplentifully adverb
- overplentifulness noun
- plentifully adverb
- plentifulness noun
- quasi-plentiful adjective
- quasi-plentifully adverb
- unplentiful adjective
- unplentifully adverb
Etymology
Origin of plentiful
A late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; plenty, -ful
Example Sentences
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From mazes of cubicles to plentiful lush balconies, office designers keep re-envisioning spaces to support our professional lives.
A separate survey of consumer confidence by the Conference Board includes the so-called labor-market differential, which measures the gap between consumers viewing jobs as plentiful and as hard to get.
From MarketWatch
Vacant lots and boarded up homes seem nearly as plentiful as occupied properties and many retail shops are shuttered or run down.
The country has plentiful natural resources, especially in the Orinoco Belt, an interior region that has some of the world’s largest extra heavy crude deposits.
From Barron's
That brings us to this list’s guiding sentiment, because while good animation is plentiful, vital selections meet a different bar.
From Salon
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