assez
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of assez
C19: French: enough
Example Sentences
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When the bac jurymen finished tabulating the results, Denise learned she had passed second on a list of twelve with an assez bien after her name.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ah! ah!" said he, laughing; "c'est assez pour vous autres."
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Frances Milton Trollope
C'est assez," said the Governor, "take the prisoner away; but not to his former quarters.
From St George's Cross by H. G. (Henry George) Keene
Fouchette knew it to be "assez mauvaise,"—tolerably bad,—though it was not this knowledge that induced her to complete her journey on foot.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray
"Dere is assez de jin," continued the valet, who felt for the captain's disappointment, "mais, Monsieur Loodle, have du gout, an' he n'aime pas so strong liqueur."
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by James Fenimore Cooper
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