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suf·fi·cient  (s-fshnt)
adj.
1. Being as much as is needed.
2. Archaic Competent; qualified.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sufficins, sufficient-, present participle of sufficere, to suffice; see suffice.]

suf·ficient·ly adv.
Synonyms: sufficient, adequate, enough
These adjectives mean being what is needed without being in excess: has sufficient income to retire comfortably; bought an adequate supply of food; drew enough water to fill the tub.
Antonym: insufficient
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.sufficiently - to a sufficient degree; "she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin"
insufficiently - to an insufficient degree; "he was insufficiently prepared"
Translations
sufficiently [səˈfɪʃəntlɪ] ADV
1. (before adjective, adverb) → (lo)suficientemente, (lo)bastante
sufficiently large/high to do sth(lo)suficientemente or (lo)bastante grande/alto(como)para hacer algo
2. (after verb) → lo suficiente
I think he has been punished sufficientlycreo que ya lo han castigado lo suficiente
he had recovered sufficiently to get out of bedse había recuperado lo suficiente como para levantarse de la cama
sufficiently [səˈfɪʃəntli] advsuffisamment
sufficiently
advgenug; sufficiently good/warm etcgut/warm etc genug pred, → genügend or ausreichend gut/warm etc; a sufficiently large numbereine ausreichend große Anzahl
sufficiently [səˈfɪʃntlɪ] advsufficientemente, abbastanza
sufficiently large (quantity) → sufficiente (number) → abbastanza grande
she is sufficiently intelligent to understand → è abbastanza or sufficientemente intelligente per capire
sufficiently [səˈfɪʃntlɪ] advsufficientemente, abbastanza
sufficiently large (quantity) → sufficiente (number) → abbastanza grande
she is sufficiently intelligent to understand → è abbastanza or sufficientemente intelligente per capire


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