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sufficiently, adv. (n.)|səˈfɪʃəntlɪ|
[f. sufficient a. + -ly2.]
In a sufficient manner.
1. In a manner or to an extent calculated to satisfy the circumstances of the case or adequate to a certain purpose or object; enough for the purpose (expressed or implied).
Formerly also in phr. † sufficiently enough.
1375Barbour Bruce i. 322 Thar wes nane that euir him kend Wald do sa mekill for him, that he Mycht sufficiantly fundyn be. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 386 Þat þe clergy was sufficyently purveyed for lyfelode. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lxx. (1869) 41 Thouh swiche ten j hadde had to a dyner, j hadde not be fed sufficientliche. 1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 19 Many Tanners put their hydes and ledder to sale before they be sufficiantly dryed. 1556Olde Antichrist 108 b, I suppose it be sufficiently ynough declared, that the B. of Rome deserueth this thrid title. 1592Arden of Feversham v. iii. 15 His pursse and girdle found at thy beds head Witnes sufficiently thou didst the deede. 1638Junius Paint. Ancients 33 Never..to swallow doune our meale, before it be sufficiently chewed. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 123 Upon a hill sufficiently enough steep, to which there was no accesse. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 404 Seem I to thee sufficiently possest Of happiness, or not? a1700Evelyn Diary 4 Nov. 1644, The..never to be sufficiently admir'd Torso of Amphion and Dirces. 1769Junius Lett. ix. (1788) 66 The subject too has been already discussed, and is sufficiently understood. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th Cent. II. vii. 283 The strength of their principles was sufficiently shown by their almost unanimous refusal of the abjuration oath. 1885‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate i, You are not sufficiently clad. I must insist on your taking my shawl again.
b. Const. † to, for (a purpose, etc.).
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 30 Thou aunswerest Luther..not sufficientlye to the matter [non satis ad rem]. 1764Museum Rust. IV. 27 A soil..made sufficiently moist for vegetation. 1809Malkin Gil Blas i. viii. ⁋2 A volley, for which I was not sufficiently case-hardened. 1884F. Temple Relat. Relig. & Sci. i. (1885) 20 The rule is sufficiently general for all practical purposes.
c. Const. to with inf.
1759Robertson Hist. Scot. I. iii. 162 Nor were they sufficiently skilful in the art of war to reduce the place by force. 1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. iii. §8. 222 Air is..admitted to the distillate, sufficiently slowly to prevent it from taking fire. 1860Tyndall Glaciers i. xxii. 153 The slope..was just sufficiently steep to keep the attention aroused. 1895Law Times Rep. LXXIII. 702/2 The thing saved was held to be sufficiently like a ship to be not unfairly treated as a ship.
2. Adequately, satisfactorily; hence, fully, completely, quite; now chiefly with adjs., as{ddd}as well could be.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vi. (Thomas) 402 Þe tothir ensampil tane ma be sufficiandly be þe wyne-tre. c1440Alphabet of Tales 336 A clerk þat was wele and sufficientlie letterd. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 10 My wyt and my penne so to enlumyne..that suffycyently Thy legende begunne, I may termyne. c1510More Picus Wks. 2/1 If no man should dooe it, but he that might sufficientlye dooe it, no man should dooe it. 1577Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1619) 436 There was such a maruellous great earthquake,..that it cannot sufficiently be described. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. iv. ii. 16 Businesses, (which none (without thee) can sufficiently manage). 1621in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1906) 239 Itt is suffitiently probable a greater prejudice will enforce them to petition for his licence. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 165 We entertained them with certain Gobelets of Aquavitae and sent them sufficiently drunk to the Ship. 1674in Verney Mem. (1907) II. 317 All this has sophytiently vexed me. 1759Johnson Rasselas iv, The old man went away sufficiently discontented. 1845Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 13 The style of Bede, if not elegant Latin, is yet correct, sufficiently classical. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer I. 3 He is still sufficiently ugly. 1905R. Bagot Passport xxxiv. 396 The last hour or so has been sufficiently trying to the nerves.
†3. Of workmanship: Substantially. Obs.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love iii. ix. (Skeat) l. 58 No man wene this werke be sufficiently maked; for goddes werke passeth mannes. 1393Reg. de Aberbrothoc (Bann. Club) II. 42 William Plumer sal theke the mekil quer..wyth lede and guttir yt al abowt sufficiandly with lede. 1460in Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 94 So þt þe cloth which shall be sufficiantely made shall be tokened. 1477Rolls of Parlt. VI. 180/2 If any of the seid persone or persones..make not the seid pavement sufficienly. 1537Registr. Aberdon. (Maitl. Club) I. 414 Sir Wilȝame..sall ouphald..þe foirsaid tenment..in all necessar thingis sufficientlie. 1639in Thanes of Cawdor (Spalding Club) 284 Withe armes names and siferis..weill and sufficientlie wrocht. 1699Ibid. 394 To finish the said work weel suffeciently neetly and compleetly.
4. Contemptuously. pseudo-dial. (Cf. sufficiency 6.)
1893Stevenson Catriona viii, I think I was used extremely suffeeciently myself to be set up to fecht with an auld wife.
†5. As n. (after uses of late L. sufficienter). Sufficient means; sufficient; enough. Obs.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 123 Gif he had nede, and had nocht sufficiandly to mak were with. c1520Barclay Jugurth (ed. 2) 58 From the heven descended..plenty of rayne-water, that it was more than sufficiently to all the army. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iii. xix. 106 b, There is not brought sufficiently vnto them for the maintenance of their ydle life. 1586Bright Melanch. 128 Sufficiently hath bene saide. 1609Bible (Douay) Nahum ii. 12 The lion hath caught sufficiently [Vulg. cepit sufficienter] for his welpes. |