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adverb

adequately

CEFR B2

well enough to meet a need or standard; sufficiently

In a sentence

Six example sentences with adequately, each labelled with its topic.

  • The clinic was adequately staffed for a normal Tuesday and completely overwhelmed the morning the highway closed.

    Medicine

  • The old library is adequately lit for reading but not for restoration work, so the conservators brought their own lamps.

    Architecture

  • My rig runs the game adequately at medium settings, which is enough until the next expansion doubles the map size.

    Gaming

  • Most households are not adequately insured against a long illness, and one hospital stay can undo a decade of saving.

    Finance

  • A stew that is adequately salted at the start needs almost nothing at the table, while a bland one never recovers.

    Cooking

  • The bench defended adequately for six minutes, which was all the starters needed to catch their breath.

    Basketball

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