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Adequately Moderate

Adequately has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
1

in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree

"he was adequately prepared"

2

In an adequate manner.

"The shelter was built adequately to withstand the harsh winter storms."

Related Terms
Antonyms
inadequately

Origin

Adequately comes from the word adequate, which itself derives from Latin meaning "fitting." The addition of the suffix -ly simply turned this adjective into an adverb to describe how something is done.

Rhyming Words
ely sely eely rely apely weely beely feely keely neely seely eyely rudely rifely sagely fakely dreely tidely sanely widely
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