sufficient

[suh-fish-uhnt]

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adjective

adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.

Logic. (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing.Compare necessary(def 4c).

Archaic. competent.

Origin of sufficient

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin sufficient- (stem of sufficiēns), present participle of sufficere to suffice, equivalent to suf- suf- + -fici-, present stem of -ficere, combining form of facere to make, do¹ + -ent- -ent

Related formssuf·fi·cient·ly, adverbo·ver·suf·fi·cient, adjectiveo·ver·suf·fi·cient·ly, adverbpre·suf·fi·cient, adjectivepre·suf·fi·cient·ly, adverbqua·si-suf·fi·cient, adjectivequa·si-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverbsu·per·suf·fi·cient, adjectivesu·per·suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb

Antonyms for sufficient

1. meager, scant, inadequate.

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Related Words for sufficiently

amply, adequately, abundantly, enough

Examples from the Web for sufficiently

Contemporary Examples of sufficiently

Stangneth has been faulted by some reviewers for not being a sufficiently dispassionate historian.
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Michael Signer
October 11, 2014
Whether the charge will work to sufficiently taint Orman is another issue, says Popkin.
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October 1, 2014
The equations of general relativity unambiguously predict event horizons forming if mass is sufficiently concentrated.
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September 28, 2014
And when sufficiently afraid, we are capable of committing acts we believe we are incapable of committing.
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July 7, 2014
So, yeah, it was a very big hiccup—one sufficiently large to jolt the heart from its regular beat.
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June 25, 2014

Historical Examples of sufficiently

Your achievements may not have sufficiently swelled the historic page.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
William Dobein James
Are they not sufficiently well paid to have the ordinary comforts of life?
Ester Ried Yet Speaking
Isabella Alden
When the grain is sufficiently grown it is elevated to the kilns.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884
Various
"I have not sufficiently thanked you even yet for this afternoon," she said.
The Leopard Woman
Stewart Edward White
Here an incident occurred that is sufficiently singular to be mentioned.
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for sufficiently

sufficient

adjective

enough to meet a need or purpose; adequate

logic (of a condition) assuring the truth of a statement; requiring but not necessarily required by some other state of affairsCompare necessary (def. 3e)

archaic competent; capable

noun

a sufficient quantity

Derived Formssufficiently, adverb

Word Origin for sufficient

C14: from Latin sufficiens supplying the needs of, from sufficere to suffice

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Word Origin and History for sufficiently

adv.

late 14c., from sufficient + -ly (2).

sufficient

adj.

early 14c., from Old French sufficient, from Latin sufficiens, present participle of sufficere (see suffice).