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Sufficiently Moderate

Sufficiently has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
1

to a sufficient degree

"she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin"

2

In a sufficient manner; enough.

"The new bridge was sufficiently reinforced to withstand even the strongest earthquakes."

In plain English: Sufficiently means enough to meet what is needed for something to work properly.

"The team waited until they had sufficiently gathered all the necessary materials before starting the project."

Example Sentences
"The team waited until they had sufficiently gathered all the necessary materials before starting the project." adv
"The coffee was sufficiently warm to enjoy immediately." adv
"He wasn't sufficiently prepared for the unexpected meeting." adv
"Did you sufficiently water the plants before they went outside?" adv
Related Terms
Antonyms
insufficiently

Origin

The word sufficiently is formed by adding the suffix "-ly" to sufficient. It entered English directly from Latin through French without a significant shift in its core meaning of being enough.

Rhyming Words
hotly antly nutly aptly fatly wetly fitly catly artly costly wistly daftly softly raptly fastly deftly meetly nettly tectly shitly
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