sufficient
[suh-fish-uh nt]
- 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.
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Origin of sufficient
Antonyms
1. meager, scant, inadequate.
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Examples from the Web for sufficiently
Contemporary Examples
Stangneth has been faulted by some reviewers for not being a sufficiently dispassionate historian.
Nothing Was Banal About Eichmann’s Evil, Says a Scathing New BiographyMichael Signer
October 11, 2014
Whether the charge will work to sufficiently taint Orman is another issue, says Popkin.
The equations of general relativity unambiguously predict event horizons forming if mass is sufficiently concentrated.
And when sufficiently afraid, we are capable of committing acts we believe we are incapable of committing.
So, yeah, it was a very big hiccup—one sufficiently large to jolt the heart from its regular beat.
Historical Examples
Your achievements may not have sufficiently swelled the historic page.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis MarionWilliam Dobein James
Are they not sufficiently well paid to have the ordinary comforts of life?
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
When the grain is sufficiently grown it is elevated to the kilns.
"I have not sufficiently thanked you even yet for this afternoon," she said.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
Here an incident occurred that is sufficiently singular to be mentioned.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
sufficient
- 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
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- a sufficient quantity
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Word Origin
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).
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sufficient
adj.
early 14c., from Old French sufficient, from Latin sufficiens, present participle of sufficere (see suffice).
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