adequately

English

Alternative forms

• adæquately (chiefly obsolete)

Etymology

adequate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

adequately (comparative more adequately, superlative most adequately)

1. In an adequate manner.
2. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
3. Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

Derived terms

• adequately wet

Translations

in an adequate manner

• Catalan: adequadament (ca)
• Danish: passende, betryggende
• Finnish: asianmukaisesti, riittävästi (fi), kelvollisesti (fi)
• Galician: adecuadamente
• Georgian: ადეკვატურად (adeḳvaṭurad), შესაბამისად (šesabamisad), შესაფერისად (šesaperisad), დამაკმაყოფილებლად (damaḳmaq̇opileblad), საკმარისად (saḳmarisad)
• Italian: adeguatamente (it)
• Polish: adekwatnie (pl)
• Portuguese: adequadamente
• Russian: адеква́тно (ru) (adekvátno)
• Spanish: adecuadamente (es)

sufficiently

• Azerbaijani: lazımınca, cabəca
• Catalan: adequadament (ca)
• Danish: tilstrækkeligt
• Finnish: riittävästi (fi)
• Galician: adecuadamente
• Italian: adeguatamente (it)
• Portuguese: adequadamente
• Russian: удовлетворительно (ru) (udovletvoritelʹno)

barely satisfactory

• Danish: tilfredsstillende
• Finnish: hädin tuskin riittävästi
• Italian: adeguatamente (it)