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plenty

/ˈplɛnti/ adverb C2
  1. More than sufficiently. (US) · This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
  2. Used as an intensifier, very. (US, colloquial) · She was plenty mad at him.
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He appeared to have plenty of money, which was said to have been gained in the California gold fields, and it was clear from his own talk and that of his wife that he had spent a part of his life in America.
The Valley of Fear, p. 23 · C1
“No, sire, for that would only betoken for us seven years of plenty and seven years of scarcity; and with a king as full of foresight as your majesty, scarcity is not a thing to be feared.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 88 · C1
It was a lovely country, with plenty of flowers and fruit trees and sunshine to cheer them, and had they not felt so sorry for the poor Scarecrow, they could have been very happy.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 46 · B2
Take plenty of hot water, and be sure you dry them well.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 43 · C1

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