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

The blood volume is sufficient, but it's not being adequately distributed throughout the body.

—Tom Ewing

Synonyms

• acceptably
• all right
• alright
• creditably
• decently
• fine
• good
• middlingly
• nicely
• OK
• okay
• passably
• respectably
• satisfactorily
• serviceably
• so-so
• sufficiently
• tolerably
• well

Examples 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

Recent Examples on the Web

But Medicare physician payment has plummeted 26% since 2001, according to the report, and many regions are not adequately adjusting physician salaries after several years of sky-high inflation. —Beth Greenfield, Fortune Well, 23 May 2024

The goal is to ensure all students are adequately prepared to appropriately interact with patients and ultimately eliminate bias. —Blake Simpson, Fortune, 21 May 2024

However, its martial arts spectacle is scattered across a sprawling refugees-and-triads saga that, while adequately laying foundation for the aforementioned fisticuffs, is seldom coherent or engaging on its own. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024

The governor’s homelessness agenda Just weeks ago, Newsom in a virtual announcement renewed his call for accountability from cities and counties that receive homelessness funding after an audit showed the state is not adequately tracking the effectiveness of programs meant to help the unhoused. —Vik Jolly, Sacramento Bee, 15 May 2024

Idea Fund of La Crosse says Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota haven't been adequately served by venture capital funds. —Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024

Biden's decision to pause a shipment of arms to Israel, along with a State Department report that concluded U.S. weapons were likely used to conduct operations in Gaza without adequately protecting civilians, marked a turning point for the Democratic president. —Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024

But there’s no way to adequately quantify a Branson experience in just a few words. —Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024

Popular on Variety The bifurcation of sound and image seems, at times, like the only way to adequately capture the sheer breadth of a story this vast. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 9 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above