"sufficiently" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /səˈfɪʃəntli/ Audio: en-us-sufficiently.ogg [US] Forms: more sufficiently [comparative], most sufficiently [superlative]
Etymology: sufficient + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sufficient|ly}} sufficient + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} sufficiently (comparative more sufficiently, superlative most sufficiently)
  1. (manner) In a sufficient manner; enough. Translations (in a sufficient manner): mjaft (Albanian), достатъчно (dostatǎčno) (Bulgarian), suficientment (Catalan), dostatečně (Czech), sufiĉe (Esperanto), riittävästi (Finnish), tarpeeksi (Finnish), kylliksi (Finnish), suffisamment (French), επαρκώς (eparkós) (Greek), suficante (Ido), kylläst (Ingrian), ohto (Ingrian), sufficientemente (Italian), 十分に (jūbun ni) (Japanese), 十分 (jūbun) (Japanese), sufficienter (Latin), affatim (Latin), достатно (dostatno) (Macedonian), доволно (dovolno) (Macedonian), kiasi (Ngazidja Comorian), wystarczająco (Polish), suficientemente (Portuguese), abastânza (Romagnol), destul (Romanian), suficient (Romanian), доста́точно (dostátočno) (Russian), suficientemente (Spanish), tillräckligt (Swedish), yeterince (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sufficiently-en-adv-l6-wLTh5 Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'in a sufficient manner': 90 10
  2. (degree) To a sufficient extent. Translations (to a sufficient extent): mjaft (Albanian), riittävän (Finnish), tarpeeksi (Finnish), kyllin (Finnish), suffisamment (French), kylläst (Ingrian), ohto (Ingrian), sufficienter (Latin), достатно (dostatno) (Macedonian), доволно (dovolno) (Macedonian), suficientemente (Portuguese), tillräckligt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sufficiently-en-adv-BAqKQVmU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'to a sufficient extent': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-sufficiently

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    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dovolno",
      "sense": "to a sufficient extent",
      "word": "доволно"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to a sufficient extent",
      "word": "suficientemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to a sufficient extent",
      "word": "tillräckligt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sufficiently"
}

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