Sufficiently
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sufficiently
- (manner) In a sufficient manner; enough.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 2, 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.
- Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we padded off to sleep.
- (degree) To a sufficient extent.We wanted to build a tepee, but we couldn't find sufficiently long sticks.