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# sufficiently

«sufficiently» in Mova's school dictionary: **needed: the water was sufficiently warm to swim** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (sufficiently); adjective sufficient; noun sufficiency

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Sufficiently means enough, as much as is needed: the water was sufficiently warm to swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#m1)

2) (formal) Sufficiently means to a big enough degree for something to happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Formal and exam word; in science, «heat it until it is sufficiently hot». In formal maths questions, «sufficiently large» means big enough for the rule to work. Plain word: enough. Phrases: sufficiently large, sufficiently clear, not sufficiently.

### examples

- The ice was not sufficiently thick to walk on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#x1)
- Cook the chicken until it is sufficiently hot all the way through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#x2)
- Is the room sufficiently light for reading? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#x3)
- She was sufficiently well to go back to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#x4)
- The answer is not sufficiently clear; please explain it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#x5)
- If the number is sufficiently large, it will not fit on the screen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#x6)
- I shall be sufficiently repaid by knowing that you are happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/#x7)

### note

Formal word for «enough». Note the word order: «sufficiently warm» but «warm enough» — «enough» comes after the adjective, «sufficiently» before it. Adjective: sufficient (enough: sufficient food). Opposite: insufficiently.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sufficiently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sufficiently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.