adequately

[ad-i-kwit-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that is sufficient, suitable, effective, or appropriate.

   The professor’s vague response failed to adequately answer our questions.

   The clinic needs to be appropriately staffed with permanently employed and adequately trained personnel.

Other Word Forms

• preadequately adverb
• quasi-adequately adverb
• superadequately adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of adequately¹

adequate ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

When children eat adequately, they perform better in school.

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DWP faces lawsuits filed by homeowners, who argue the utility failed to prepare for and adequately respond to the fire.

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None of the UK's four nations were adequately prepared for the sudden and enormous task of educating most children in their homes, the inquiry adds.

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"Organisations and institutions that set up surveillance systems, especially in sensitive spaces, must see to it that their systems are adequately secured. It's an absolute must," she says.

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"But we haven't been able to adequately explain how all that continental material got there."

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