PLENTIFUL


Meaning of PLENTIFUL in English

ˈplentə̇fəl, -tēf- adjective

1. : containing or yielding plenty : fruitful , opulent

a plentiful land

a plentiful supper of roast and boiled beef and mutton — W.H.Hudson †1922

2. : characterized by, constituting, or existing in plenty : numerous

the deer are as plentiful as the vast wilderness will support — S.H.Holbrook

his religion … summoned him to serve the plentiful reform movements of the day — V.L.Parrington

Synonyms:

plenteous , ample , abundant , copious : these adjectives have the common meaning of more than adequate or sufficient yet not in excess. That is plentiful or plenteous of which there is a rich or full, usually more than full, supply

a plentiful supply of books

butter is cheap when it is plentiful, and dear when it is scarce — G.B.Shaw

aluminum, one of the world's most plentiful elements — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania

a plenteous number of individual poems — College English

a plenteous harvest — J.G.Frazer

That is ample which is generously sufficient to satisfy a particular requirement

manufacturers had ample supplies on hand to meet the emergency — Current Biography

provide ample opportunity for fieldwork with Indian tribes — D.G.Mandelbaum

ample proof of the power of words — advt

abundant suggests a greater or richer supply than does plentiful

her unselfish and abundant interests — Rex Ingamells

the many small denominational colleges so abundant throughout the Middle West — G.P.Merrill

copious , not quite interchangeable with plentiful , puts emphasis upon largeness of supply more than on fullness or richness

his papers were copious and bizarre, and it took me nearly two hours to find the will — John Cheever

his copious flaxen curls — Richard Garnett †1906

wahsed down with copious drafts of beer — Green Peyton

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