sufficiently

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Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
26
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/səˈfɪʃəntli/

Definition of sufficiently

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a sufficient manner; enough.
    “Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we went to bed.”
    “Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.”
    “I prefer to think that birds have a sufficiently developed sense of humour to enjoy the spectacle of a human being hunched beneath a bush kissing the back of their hand.”
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adv

  1. In a sufficient manner; enough.
    “Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we went to bed.”
    “Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.”
    “I prefer to think that birds have a sufficiently developed sense of humour to enjoy the spectacle of a human being hunched beneath a bush kissing the back of their hand.”
  2. To a sufficient extent.
    “We wanted to build a tepee, but we couldn't find sufficiently long sticks.”
    “There are those who value a seat sufficiently highly that they prefer to make their daily journeys by the Western Region Vine Street line.”
    “Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged.”

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Etymology

From sufficient + -ly.

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