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a⋅plen⋅ty

  [uh-plen-tee] Informal.
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–adjective
1. in sufficient quantity; in generous amounts (usually used following the noun it modifies): He had troubles aplenty.
–adverb
2. sufficiently; enough; more than sparingly: He howled aplenty when hurt.
Also, a-plenty.

Origin:
1820–30; a- 1 + plenty
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a·plen·ty   (ə-plěn'tē)   
adj.  In plentiful supply; abundant: "There were warning signs aplenty for their candidates as well" (Michael Gelb).
a·plen'ty adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

aplenty 
1830, originally U.S., from a- (1) + plenty (q.v.). First attested in writings of J. Fenimore Cooper.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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