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

None of this adequately addresses the complex economic, sociological, political and personal reasons why women in America, and in most other prosperous countries, are having fewer children. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025

Part of the challenge, the inspector general reported, is that the postal service is delivering 80% fewer pieces like personal letters or bills today compared to the late 1990s, but hasn't adequately adjusted its delivery system. —Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 17 May 2025

School meal funding at the district-level similarly fails to adequately serve all communities in need. —Grace Chung, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025

When a translation model produces inaccurate translations, the root cause often lies in training data that doesn't adequately represent the nuances and complexities of both languages. —Mohammad Adnan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for adequately

• inadequately