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 of adequately

• good
• nicely
• fine
• well
• alright
• sufficiently
• correctly
• satisfactorily
• OK
• decently

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

Some said the city failed to adequately seek public outreach and ignored their concerns about potential harm to turtle nests. —Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026

The Middle East is also seeing severe hunger in Syria, Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen but without enough funding to adequately help. —William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2026

If a court found that Twitter’s privacy policy adequately informed users that their contact info might be used for ad targeting, then the FTC should not be able to continue punishing X for that behavior, Musk argued. —Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 4 June 2026

Protests have been ongoing outside the Immigrations Customs and Enforcement detention center for nearly two weeks over allegations that the 300 inmates inside are not receiving proper medical care, aren't being adequately fed and their living conditions are poor. —Armando Garcia, ABC News, 4 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for adequately

• inadequately