sufficiently

sufficient +‎ -ly

• IPA^(key): /səˈfɪʃəntli/

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• Hyphenation: suf‧fi‧cient‧ly

sufficiently (comparative more sufficiently, superlative most sufficiently)

1. (manner) In a sufficient manner; enough.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

     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.

   Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we padded off to sleep.

2. (degree) To a sufficient extent.

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