adequately

English

Alternative forms

• adæquately (archaic)

Etymology

From 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.
   • 2023 August 11 (last accessed), David Pearce, “Companion Animals”, in HedWeb‎:

     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.

Derived terms

• adequately wet

Translations

in an adequate manner

Catalan: adequadament (ca) Danish: passende, betryggende Finnish: asianmukaisesti (fi), riittävästi (fi), kelvollisesti (fi) Galician: adecuadamente (gl) 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 (gl) Italian: adeguatamente (it) Portuguese: adequadamente Russian: удовлетворительно (ru) (udovletvoritelʹno)

barely satisfactory

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