Meaning & use
sufficiently
To an extent that is enough for a particular purpose or need.
See it in a sentence
The soup was not sufficiently seasoned, so she added a little more salt.
He had sufficiently recovered from the flu to return to work by Monday.
A note on using this word
Sufficiently is more formal than enough and typically appears before an adjective or past participle, as in sufficiently clear.
Words with a similar meaning
adequatelyenough
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Words with an opposite meaning
insufficiently
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