• Sufficiently

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    sufficient + -ly

    Full definition of sufficiently

    Adverb

    sufficiently

    1. (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.
    2. Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we padded off to sleep.
    3. (degree) To a sufficient extent.
      We wanted to build a tepee, but we couldn't find sufficiently long sticks.
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