adequately
adverb
ad·e·quate·ly
ˈa-di-kwət-lē 
: to an adequate or sufficient degree or extent
There is no way to adequately prepare yourself for encountering a wild mountain gorilla.—
Sy Montgomery
Sy MontgomeryThe blood volume is sufficient, but it's not being adequately distributed throughout the body.—Tom Ewing
Tom EwingExamples of adequately in a Sentence
we weren't completely bowled over by the performance, but the band certainly played more than adequately
adequately provided with candles and freshwater in case of a power outage
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The forceful rebuke came after administration lawyers failed to adequately answer a list of 15 questions and document requests submitted by Abrego Garcia's legal team—questions aimed at determining what, if anything, the White House has done to secure his release from Salvadoran custody.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
But if ecologists aren’t involved in such efforts, who would collect the data needed to adequately assess the environmental impacts of industry?
Answering questions about how scientists can best work with industry when the groups have different aims in mind isn’t always easy.
—Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
Each character has their own individual battle in addition to the greater one, and the comfort of relative safety can't adequately bring them peace.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 21 Apr. 2025
Any competent, adequately instructed history student knows this.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
But if ecologists aren’t involved in such efforts, who would collect the data needed to adequately assess the environmental impacts of industry?
Answering questions about how scientists can best work with industry when the groups have different aims in mind isn’t always easy.
—Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
Each character has their own individual battle in addition to the greater one, and the comfort of relative safety can't adequately bring them peace.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 21 Apr. 2025
Any competent, adequately instructed history student knows this.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for adequately
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“Adequately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adequately. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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