Definition/Meaning of plenty

• English - Noun: plenty ( countable and uncountable , plural plenties ) A more than adequate amount . We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty . 1798 , Thomas Malthus , An Essay on the Principle of Population: During this season of distress , the discouragements to marriage , and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great that population is at a stand . In the mean time the cheapness of labour ,…
• English - Pronoun: plenty More than enough . I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe . Usage notes See the notes about the noun .
• English - Adverb: plenty ( not comparable ) More than sufficiently . This office is plenty big enough for our needs . ( colloquial ) Used as an intensifier , very . She was plenty mad at him . 26 June 2014 , A . A Dowd , AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [1] Seeing clichés mimicked this skillfully is plenty hilarious . Translations
• English - Determiner: plenty ( nonstandard ) much , enough There'll be plenty time later for that ( nonstandard ) many Get a manicure . Plenty men do it .
• English - Adjective: plenty ( comparative more plenty , superlative most plenty ) ( obsolete ) plentiful 1597 , Shakespeare , Henry IV , Part I , Act I , Scene IV: if reasons were as plenty as blackberries 1836 , The American Gardener's Magazine and Register , volume 2 , page 279: Radishes are very plenty . Of cabbages a few heads of this year's crop have come to hand this week , and sold readily at quotations;…