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suf·fi·cient·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sufficientlyadverb

    to a sufficient degree

    "she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin"

Wiktionary

  1. sufficientlyadverb

    In a sufficient manner; enough.

    Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we padded off to sleep.

  2. sufficientlyadverb

    To a sufficient extent.

    We wanted to build a tepee, but we couldn't find sufficiently long sticks.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sufficientlyadverb

    To a sufficient degree; enough.

    Etymology: from sufficient.

    If religion did possess sincerely and sufficiently the hearts of all men, there would need be no other restraint from evil. Richard Hooker.

    Seem I to thee sufficiently possess’d
    Of happiness? John Milton.

    All to whom they are proposed, are by his grace sufficiently moved to attend and assent to them; sufficiently, but not irresistibly; for if all were irresistibly moved, all would embrace them, and if none were sufficiently moved, none would embrace them. John Rogers, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. sufficiently

    Sufficiently generally refers to an extent or degree that is enough, adequate, or meets the required criteria or expectations. It signifies that some condition, need, or requirement is met to a satisfactory level or degree.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sufficientlyadverb

    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

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sufficiently' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3704

  2. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sufficiently' in Adverbs Frequency: #264

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sufficiently in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sufficiently in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sufficiently in a Sentence

  1. Ben Stanton:

    Cellular waves needed for 5G do not travel as far as with 4G and 3G, and it will take time for carriers to build a sufficiently dense network of infrastructure.

  2. Kathy Fox:

    We don't believe that the current standard is sufficiently robust to prevent liquid spilling in the event of a derailment or rail accident, so what we want to see are tougher standards for tank cars carrying flammable liquids.

  3. Raja Krishnamoorthi:

    The question is are they going to be equipped and are we going to be able to aid them sufficiently to be able to reassert control eventually.

  4. Jeanne Shaheen:

    Germany is a critical U.S. ally and I welcome steps by the administration to try to negotiate a diplomatic path forward and consult with our European allies to mitigate the impact of Nord Stream 2 2 pipeline project, however, I am not yet convinced that this agreement -- or any bilateral agreement -- can sufficiently provide assurances to our European allies and minimize the considerable economic impact and security implications of this pipeline's completion. I've long contended that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should not be completed because it empowers the Kremlin to spread its malign influence throughout Eastern Europe, threatens the economic security of our European partners and puts our global stability at risk. I continue to believe that.

  5. Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko:

    The behavior of our eastern brother can not fail to worry us, we are not a gigantic state, we do not have nuclear weapons, but our army is sufficiently capable to respond to any threat... Therefore we will protect our patch of land, our statehood, and our independence.

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