Definition of Plentiful

1. Adjective. Existing in great number or quantity. "Rhinoceroses were once plentiful here"

Similar to: Abundant
Derivative terms: Plentifulness

2. Adjective. Affording an abundant supply. "A rich supply"

3. Adjective. Producing in abundance. "Fruitful soil"
Exact synonyms: Bountiful
Similar to: Fruitful
Derivative terms: Bountifulness

Definition of Plentiful

1. a. Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water.

Definition of Plentiful

1. Adjective. Existing in large number or ample amount. ¹

2. Adjective. Yielding abundance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plentiful

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Plentiful

1. 1. Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water. 2. Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful. "If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year." (Bacon) 3. Lavish; profuse; prodigal. "He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from" (Bacon) Plen"tifully, Plen"tifulness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plentiful

plenisms
plenist
plenists
plenitude
plenitudes
plenitudinary
plenitudinous
plenny
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plenum
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Literary usage of Plentiful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1911)
"... that capable business men of the highest order are very plentiful ; second, that stout, able-bodied, unskilled laborers are very scarce. ..."

2. A Desk-book of Errors in English, Including Notes on Colloquialisms and by Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"plentiful. Compare BOUNTIFUL. plenty: The colloquialism by which plenty, which is a noun, ... In such cases plentiful and plentifully should be used. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... the Beskiden (Carpathians) in latitude 50° is for some reason more surprising than it should be to us, who have plentiful glacial drift in latitude 40°. ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... and curiously {• allowed the track of the blood, till he discovered, among the long grass, the a safe and plentiful market on the banks of the Danube, ..."

5. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1911)
"... that capable business men of the highest order are very plentiful ; second, that stout, able-bodied, unskilled laborers are very scarce. ..."

6. A Desk-book of Errors in English, Including Notes on Colloquialisms and by Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"plentiful. Compare BOUNTIFUL. plenty: The colloquialism by which plenty, which is a noun, ... In such cases plentiful and plentifully should be used. ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... the Beskiden (Carpathians) in latitude 50° is for some reason more surprising than it should be to us, who have plentiful glacial drift in latitude 40°. ..."

8. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... and curiously {• allowed the track of the blood, till he discovered, among the long grass, the a safe and plentiful market on the banks of the Danube, ..."

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