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Webster 1913 Edition


Sufficiently

Suf-fi′cient-ly

,
adv.
To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough;
as, we are
sufficiently
supplied with food; a man
sufficiently
qualified for the discharge of his official duties
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sufficiently

SUFFI'CIENTLY

,
adv.
To a sufficient degree; enough; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food and clothing; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.

Definition 2024


sufficiently

sufficiently

English

Adverb

sufficiently (comparative more sufficiently, superlative most sufficiently)

  1. (manner) In a sufficient manner; enough.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      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.
  2. (degree) To a sufficient extent.
    We wanted to build a tepee, but we couldn't find sufficiently long sticks.

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