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

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

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

The auditors also say that Elevate hasn’t adequately tracked the returns from their investments – though in response to this audit, Elevate has nearly completed a project reconciling all these returns. —Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025

Perfetti fills Ehlers’ void adequately and the Jets win the Central, this time parlaying it into a deep playoff run. —The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025

The most recent state budget allocated $24 million to Early On, even as one cost study suggested the program would need something closer to $270 million in state funding to adequately serve kids across the state. —Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025

Current policies are criticized for not adequately addressing the needs of lower-income residents. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for adequately

• inadequately