adequately

English

Alternative forms

• adæquately (chiefly obsolete)

Etymology

From adequate +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

adequately (comparative more adequately, superlative most adequately)

1. In an adequate manner.
2. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
   • 2023 August 11 (last accessed), David Pearce, “Companion Animals”, in HedWeb‎^[1]:

     A loving relationship with a proper companion animal, a relationship that adequately provides for the animal's physical and psychological needs, is not at all inconsistent with the principles and advocacy of animal rights.

3. Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

Derived terms

• adequately wet

Translations

in an adequate manner

• Catalan: adequadament (ca)
• Danish: passende, betryggende
• Finnish: asianmukaisesti, riittävästi (fi), kelvollisesti (fi)
• Galician: adecuadamente
• Georgian: ადეკვატურად (adeḳvaṭurad), შესაბამისად (šesabamisad), შესაფერისად (šesaperisad), დამაკმაყოფილებლად (damaḳmaq̇opileblad), საკმარისად (saḳmarisad)
• Italian: adeguatamente (it)
• Polish: adekwatnie (pl)
• Portuguese: adequadamente
• Russian: адеква́тно (ru) (adekvátno)
• Spanish: adecuadamente (es)

sufficiently

• Azerbaijani: lazımınca, cabəca
• Catalan: adequadament (ca)
• Danish: tilstrækkeligt
• Finnish: riittävästi (fi)
• Galician: adecuadamente
• Italian: adeguatamente (it)
• Portuguese: adequadamente
• Russian: удовлетворительно (ru) (udovletvoritelʹno)

barely satisfactory

• Danish: tilfredsstillende
• Finnish: hädin tuskin riittävästi
• Italian: adeguatamente (it)