SUFFICIENTLY Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

sufficiently

adverb

as in enough

in or to a degree or quantity that meets one's requirements or satisfaction after eight tutoring sessions, I felt sufficiently prepared for the entrance exam

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as in good

in a satisfactory way it's not great literature, but this whodunit is sufficiently suspenseful

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Recent Examples of sufficiently Bores didn’t see many signs that our representatives were taking this sufficiently seriously. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 The viral success of that documentary felt like a peak-pandemic phenomenon, when some of us were sufficiently starved for connection with both the natural world and our fellow humans that its thin anthropomorphic musings rang true. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 May 2026 If Americans ever conclude that our society is sufficiently inclusive to allow other methods of addressing the fumes of America’s racist legacy, their political power will shrink to nothing. —

Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026 The pharmaceutical industry saw its reputation among patient groups inch up last year, but the rise masks fresh concerns about the extent to which some companies are sufficiently focusing on patient needs, according to a new survey. —

Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 May 2026 The office must be sufficiently funded and empowered to ensure that billions of tax dollars are protected and spent effectively. —

Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026 But the immigration judges are also subject to pressure from political appointees hoping to deport more people and can be fired if they aren’t seen as sufficiently supportive of the administration’s enforcement agenda. —

Sean Emery, Oc Register, 4 May 2026 What the market wants Project Freedom falls well short of a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz – a long process that oil analysts believe will be required to start to get the oil sufficiently flowing through the Middle East again to bring down prices significantly. —

Matt Egan, CNN Money, 4 May 2026 But to our wonderful surprise, O’Hara is equally adept at slapstick hijinks, as the lustful ladies get sufficiently sozzled awaiting their mysterious beau. —

Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufficiently

Adverb

But the real luxury here is the rice, swollen with chicken broth, haunted by ginger and good enough to eat on its own.

— Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Unfortunately, any of the giant armada of smaller objects tens of meters wide is still large enough to annihilate Beijing, Lagos, or New York – objects such as the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 – and those are far harder to detect.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 May 2026