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Webster 1913 Edition
Plentiful
Plen′ti-ful
,Adj.
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.
[Obs.]
He that is
– plentiful
in expenses will hardly be preserved from Bacon.
Plen′ti-ful-ly
, adv.
Plen′ti-ful-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plentiful
PLEN'TIFUL
,Adj.
1.
Yielding abundant crops; affording ample supply; fruitful; as a plentiful year.Definition 2024
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English
Alternative forms
- plentifull (archaic)
Adjective
plentiful (comparative plentifuller or plentifuler or more plentiful, superlative plentifullest or plentifulest or most plentiful)
- Existing in large number or ample amount.
- a plentiful harvest
- a plentiful supply of water
- She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
- Yielding abundance; fruitful.
- Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
- Francis Bacon
- If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.
- (obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
- Francis Bacon
- He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.
- Francis Bacon
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:plentiful
Related terms
Translations
existing in large number
yelding abundance