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Plentiful Supply Plenty Ample Copious Plen·Ti·Ful Adjective Existing

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
plen·ti·ful
\\ˈplen-ti-fəl\\ adjective
 DATE  15th century
1. containing or yielding plenty
    a plentiful land
2. characterized by, constituting, or existing in plenty
plen·ti·ful·ly \\-fə-lē\\ adverb
plen·ti·ful·ness noun
Synonyms.
  
plentiful
,
ample
,
abundant
,
copious
mean more than sufficient without being excessive.
plentiful
implies a great or rich supply
      peaches are plentiful this summer
  
ample
implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement
      ample food to last the winter
  
abundant
suggests an even greater or richer supply than does
plentiful

      streams abundant with fish
  
copious
stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness
      copious examples of bureaucratic waste
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
plentiful
plen·ti·ful / 5plentifl / (also plent·eous) adjective   available or existing in large amounts or numbers
   大量的;众多的;充足的;丰富的
   SYN 
abundant
:
   a plentiful supply of food
   充足的食物供应
   In those days jobs were plentiful.
   那时期工作岗位多得很。
plen·ti·ful·ly / -fEli / adv.:
   Evidence is plentifully available.
   证据俯拾即是。
   She kept them plentifully supplied with gossip.
   她不断向他们散播大量的流言蜚语。
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
plen·ti·ful
\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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