sufficiently
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3.2
- adverb
- /səˈfɪʃəntli/
- The test results were sufficiently accurate to guide our decision.
- sufficiently large
- sufficiently strong
- sufficiently high
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Watch on YouTubeAnd does it get to a point where it becomes sufficiently vast and conscious?
- And does it get to a point where it becomes sufficiently vast and conscious?
- So because the air on the Earth is sufficiently thick, it has an effect.
- What do you understand as life entities of sufficiently high complexity?
- And little by little, you may feel like you're not being sufficiently empathic with anyone.
- He thinks we're not quite yet sufficiently restrictive, but we're very close.
- was flooded, much to the delight of ducks, and he couldn't find sufficiently many sandbags.
- Could it be that dopamine is not at sufficiently high levels?
- If humans survive for sufficiently long, we'll mine resources in space.
- You need particles with sufficiently large charges compared to their mass.
- But very soon after the universe cooled sufficiently.
- But but I think that the, the need is sufficiently great.
Examples
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The rainwater collected was sufficiently clean for drinking.
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Though expectations have improved, investment has not increased sufficiently to generate significant or sustainable growth.
Academic text (1990) -
I want them to be sufficiently like me.
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Apparently, however, his activities had not been sufficiently remarkable to cause a second thought.
Fiction book (1991) -
If urgent decisions are needed, it is important that a patient is sufficiently well informed to make those decisions.
Academic text (2011) -
At the same time, each cluster must be sufficiently distinct from the other clusters.
Academic text (1999) -
Do the assessments that are currently in use sufficiently predict student outcomes?
Academic text (2011) -
So you have to be sufficiently cognizant to turn this alarm off.
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Does a bureaucracy exist that is sufficiently capable and autonomous from political pressure?
Academic text (2011) -
Lastly, teachers are not sufficiently trained in using laboratories during their teaching training.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To the amount needed for something to happen
129
2.2
To a fair degree but not very much
83
3.0
In a way that is good enough for the task
11
3.9
In a way that is good enough to meet needs or expectations
11
3.2
In a way that gives more than is needed
Antonyms
How Adequately
32
3.5
11
3.2
119
3.2
83
3.0
∞
1.0
9
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
sufficiently = sufficient (transparent) = sufficient + ly
Formed from the adjective 'sufficient' with the productive adverbial suffix '-ly', so the meaning 'to a sufficient extent' is directly derived.
Etymology
The word sufficiently comes from the verb suffice, which means 'to be enough', and from sufficient, meaning 'enough for a need'. So, if something is done sufficiently, it is done 'enough' for the job or purpose.