: to an adequate or sufficient degree or extent There is no way to adequately prepare yourself for encountering a wild mountain gorilla. Sy Montgomery The blood volume is sufficient, but it's …

in or to a degree or quantity that meets one's requirements or satisfaction adequately provided with candles and freshwater in case of a power outage Synonyms & Similar Words enough sufficiently properly satisfactorily suitably acceptably decently moderately fairly rightly amply optimally tolerably agreeably abundantly passably plentifully seemly

in a way that is sufficient, suitable, effective, or appropriate: The professor’s vague response failed to adequately answer our questions. The clinic needs to be appropriately staffed with permanently employed and adequately trained personnel. Origin of adequately adequate + -ly OTHER WORDS FROM adequately

B2 in a way that is enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose: While some patients can be adequately cared for at home, others are best served by care in a hospital. Manufacturers …

ad·e·quate. (ăd′ĭ-kwĭt) adj. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need. See Synonyms at sufficient. [Latin adaequātus, past participle of adaequāre, to equalize : ad-, ad- + aequāre, to make equal, from aequus, equal .]

The adverb adequately is a synonym for sufficiently, or suitably. If you've adequately fulfilled your course requirements, you're probably neither the best nor the worst student in the class. But you've definitely done well enough that you can pass — so doing something adequately is generally a positive thing, unless you're an overachiever, in which case you might not like that …

Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily. adequately adverb Barely satisfactory or sufficient. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Adequately adverb Etymology: from adequate. 1. In an adequate manner; with justness of representation; with exactness of proportion.

adv. sufficiently synonyms for adequately Compare Synonyms appropriately competently decently satisfactorily sufficiently abundantly acceptably capably copiously fairly well fittingly modestly pleasantly enough presentably suitably to an acceptable degree tolerably well enough antonyms for adequately MOST RELEVANT inadequately insufficiently

Adequately Adequate means that which is needed to accomplish the intended purpose in keeping with good public health practice. Harm means ill-treatment or the impairment of health or development, including for example, impairment suffered from seeing or hearing the ill-treatment of another; 'health' means physical or mental health; and

adequate adjective us / ˈæd·ɪ·kwət / enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose: He didn’t have adequate time to prepare for the exam. adequacy noun [ U ] us / ˈæd·ɪ·kwə·si / We must …