Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose or gives satisfaction; adequately.
- To a considerable degree: as, he went away sufficiently discontented.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb manner In a
sufficient manner;enough . - adverb degree To a sufficient extent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a sufficient degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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[11] The title sufficiently indicated the contents: _Domenico priori S. Romani tolosani ejusque fratribus, eos in protectionem recipit eorumque Ordinem cum bonis et privilegiis confirmat_.
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The favor with which my previous volume on California was received by the public induced me to prepare the present volume, which concerns itself, as the title sufficiently shows, with the northern parts of California,
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They asked many questions to Olson about the phrase "sufficiently distant in time and circumstances" that has been used in prior cases.
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-- The title sufficiently indicates the nature of the work, which is valuable, especially in what relates to natural history.
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In 1726, he addressed a poem to sir Robert Walpole, of which the title sufficiently explains the intention.
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You must wear them at a rakish angle for full effect and they should have some label sufficiently retro and hip.
Fashion trends of the younger generation | Letter Never Sent
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The packaging of the drug should be presentable; its label sufficiently legible and complete to remind the patient how to use the drug.
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There are many varieties of non-Roman Catholic Christianity, but Protestantism is a label sufficiently comprehensive and sufficiently well understood for our purposes.
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A valuable treatise, as its title sufficiently indicates.
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Deists were "modest," who shall be able to find a term sufficiently descriptive of the claims of their present successors?
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology
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