Sufficiently

Sufficiently
Sufficiently Suf*fi"cient*ly, adv. To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties. [1913 Webster]

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  • sufficiently — adverb a) In a sufficient manner; enough. Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we padded off to sleep. b) To a sufficient extent. We wanted to build a tepee, but we couldnt find sufficiently long sticks …   Wiktionary

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  • sufficiently — sufficient ► ADJECTIVE & DETERMINER ▪ enough; adequate. DERIVATIVES sufficiently adverb …   English terms dictionary

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  • sufficiently strong — index prima facie (legally sufficient) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Sufficiently large — In mathematics, the phrase sufficiently large is used in contexts such as::P is true for sufficiently large xwhich is actually shorthand for::there exists an ainmathbb{R} such that P is true for all xge a.This does not necessarily mean that any… …   Wikipedia

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  • sufficiently — adverb see sufficient …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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