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_.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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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,
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Charles Nordhoff 1865
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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.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Andrew Brandt 2011
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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.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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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 2004
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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.
Chapter 5 1993
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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.
Notes on Islam Ahmed Hussain
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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 1868
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