enuf
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of enuf
First recorded in 1680–85
Example Sentences
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It's not enuf for offenders to "think about what they did."
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2018
Mabye its because I dint try hard enuf or just some body put the evel eye on me.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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O, it is nise to think you will alwas have enuf to eat now.
From The Daughter Pays by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
An sure enuf, that nite not a word did he speak, nor a story did he tell.
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith
“But we might approach under cover near enough—” “Near enuf for nothin’.
From The Yellow Chief by Mayne Reid
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