aplenty

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From earlier a-plenty, equivalent to a- +‎ plenty.

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aplenty (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) In a generous or overlarge quantity.
    Synonym: galore
    We have helpers aplenty but lack the skilled support.
    • 2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 31 July 2018:
      But Fallout’s almost inexhaustible supply of sticky situations provides suspense aplenty: This may be the closest this peerless series has ever come to making us believe that the mission may actually be impossible.

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aplenty (not comparable)

  1. Enough or more than enough.

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