adequate
adjective
as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to orfor ).
adequateness
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a word derived from
adequate.
Example Sentences
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This wide range of variability between definite limits is coupled with a high degree of sensibility and adequateness to the most diverging experiments.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
One of the tests by which Fichte discriminates the value of previous systems is the adequateness with which they interpret moral experience.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
In maturity of development, in intellectual force, in beauty of expression, and in general adequateness, De los nombres de Cristo exhibits Luis de Leon's prose at its culmination.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
This is not a proper occasion for saying anything about the adequateness of the catholic, or any other special manner of fostering and solacing the religious impulses of men.
From On Compromise by John Morley
We need not here discuss the philosophical truth or adequateness of these ways of considering the origin and nature of knowledge, or the composition of human character.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley
