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Definitions for Adequately
[1] as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to or for ): This car is adequate to our needs. adequate food for fifty people.
[2] barely sufficient or suitable: Being adequate is not good enough.
[3] Law . reasonably sufficient for starting legal action: adequate grounds.
[4] able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc
Words related to Adequately
adequatesufficiently, competently, satisfactorily, appropriately, decently, abundantly, modestly, suitably, acceptably, capably, copiously, fittingly, tolerably
Words nearby Adequately
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Origin of Adequately
1610–20; < Latin adaequātus matched (past participle of adaequāre ). See ad-, equal, -ate1
Other words from Adequately
ad·e·quate·ly , adverb
ad·e·quate·ness , noun
pre·ad·e·quate , adjective
pre·ad·e·quate·ly , adverb
pre·ad·e·quate·ness , noun
qua·si-ad·e·quate , adjective
qua·si-ad·e·quate·ly , adverb
su·per·ad·e·quate , adjective
su·per·ad·e·quate·ly , adverb
su·per·ad·e·quate·ness , noun
Word origin for Adequately
C17: from Latin adaequāre to equalize, from ad- to + aequus equal
Synonyms for Adequately
appropriately, competently, decently, satisfactorily, sufficiently, abundantly, acceptably, capably, copiously, fairly well, fittingly, modestly, pleasantly enough, presentably, suitably, to an acceptable degree, tolerably, well enough