Sufficiently

Pronunciation

Origin

sufficient + -ly

Full definition of sufficiently

Adverb

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.