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adequately
[ ad-i-kwit-lee ]
adverb
- 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.
Other Word Forms
- ···ܲٱ· adverb
- ܲ·-··ܲٱ· adverb
- ····ܲٱ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of adequately1
Example Sentences
"The Supreme Court failed in my view, adequately, to think about human rights points."
As written, the bill still contains a number of ambiguities that don't adequately clarify the requirements to warrant an exception, she said.
"If it's to be a political priority, then it has to be adequately funded to ensure its future."
He went on to suggest that trans people's rights were adequately protected by the Equality Act, which "allow there to be single sex spaces".
Is corporate media adequately covering the America we live in today?
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