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a⋅plen⋅ty

[uh-plen-tee] Informal.
–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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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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