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adequately


Meanings
  • Adjective

    Sufficient or satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree.

    - "The food was adequately cooked."
    - "His performance was adequately good."
    - "She earned an adequately high salary."

Rhymes
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Variants
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adequately
Etymology
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From Old English 'adequelycan', meaning 'make equal, satisfy'.


Trivia
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  1. The word 'adequately' is used more frequently in academic writing than in casual conversation.

  2. In mathematics, the term 'adequate number' refers to a set of numbers that is large enough to meet a certain requirement.


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  1. Satisfactorily: A synonym of 'adequately' that means 'fully or completely satisfying'.

  2. Minimally: A term opposite to 'adequately' that means 'barely sufficient or the minimum required'.


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In literature, 'adequately' has been used to describe the minimum requirements for a task or situation.

How to Memorize "adequately"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a scale with 'adequately' representing the middle point between 'too little' and 'too much'.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'adequately' with the idea of 'meeting the minimum requirements'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the phrase 'Adequate is enough, but not too much or too little'.


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