adequately

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adequately

adverb more adequately · most adequately · adæquately

  1. In an adequate manner.
  2. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily. A loving relationship with a proper companion animal, a relationship that adequately provides for the animal's physical and psychological needs, is not at all inconsistent with the principles and advocacy of animal rights.
  3. Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

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Closest in meaning: satisfactorily, decently, sufficient, sufficiently, reasonably, enough, well, duly, properly, appropriately, aptly, suitably, rightly, appropriate, correctly, conveniently

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adv in an adequate manner

Españoladecuadamente
Portuguêsadequadamente
Françaisadéquamment
Italianoadeguatamente, adequatamente
Русскийадеква́тно adekvátno

adv sufficiently

Portuguêsadequadamente
Italianoadeguatamente
Русскийудовлетворительно udovletvoritelʹno

adv barely satisfactory

中文合乎需要的 héhú xūyào de
Italianoadeguatamente

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@misc{adequately_2026,
  title = {adequately},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adequately},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}