sufficiently

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English sufficient Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English sufficiently From sufficient + -ly.

1. In a sufficient manner; enough.

   “Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we went to bed.”

   “Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.”

2. To a sufficient extent.

   “We wanted to build a tepee, but we couldn't find sufficiently long sticks.”

   “There are those who value a seat sufficiently highly that they prefer to make their daily journeys by the Western Region Vine Street line.”