adequatelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈadᵻkwətli/, U.S.

/ˈædəkwətli/

Forms: see adequate adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adequate adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < adequate adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin adaequate, adverb (from 14th cent. in British sources).

†1. Philosophy. With perfect or exact correspondence of idea to object. Cf. adequation n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [adverb]

predicamentallyc1600

syncategorematically1602

adequately1628

reduplicatively1652

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 191 Life and Rationalitie are attributed vnto man..adæquatly: so as, all that is in Life, and Rationalitie, is sayd to belong to man: and all that is in man, is denoted, and set out by life, and rationalitie.

1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. i. vii. 181 Whenever we have a diverse Conception or Notion in our Mind, there is a New Entity in re answering to it adequately; even tho' sometimes the Object of that Conception be purely a Non-Ens.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 30 Those ideas or objects, that are immediate, will be adequately and truly known to that mind, whose ideas they are.

†2. To an equal extent; exactly; completely, fully. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

absolutely1538

jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

1632 E. Reynolds Explic. 110th Psalme 181 There is no excellencie in God which is not compleatly, adequately, and distinctly in Christ.

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. vi. 52 Place is that space which is possessed or filled adæquately by some Body.

1689 H. More Answer to Two Papers 121 You confound Substance and Matter, as if they adequately signified the same.

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 10 Adapting it self to the figure of every Pore, may adequately fill them.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 5 Nothing that adequately fills a place, can move in that place.

a. In a manner which is satisfactory or acceptable; to a sufficient or suitable extent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adverb]

hendc1275

expediently1495

adequately1639

expedientially1873

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb]

enougheOE

well enoughOE

enowc1300

fairc1300

suffisantlya1340

enoughly1340

meeta1350

sufficientlyc1380

duly1393

competentlyc1440

sufficient1509

'nougha1618

adequately1639

nuff1778

sufficingly1821

1639 W. Laud Relation Conf. Lawd & Fisher 193 An Vnanimous Prayer is not adequately supposed, and therefore Concludes not.

1690 R. Boyle Christian Virtuoso i. 71 Many of which [points of Supernatural Experience] are not to be Adequately estimated by the same Rules.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. (1768) II. 186 A man of sense can be adequately esteemed by none other than a man of sense.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 230 Words & phrases, which might perhaps have adequately expressed my feelings, the cold-blooded Children of this World have anticipated.

a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iv. 254 The grounds of divorce were, that I had never been adequately of his party.

1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv. 268 No words could adequately describe such a scene.

1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 49/2 Only one genius arose whose cynical, malice-tipped wit satirized adequately the puerility of the era.

1976 Jrnl. Philos. 73 344 His faulty conception of what it is to explain syntactic phenomena adequately.

2002 Victorian Mar. 9/1 Widespread local opposition has been aroused by the Council's failure adequately to consult the community about its plans.

b. In a manner which is no more than satisfactory; to a barely sufficient standard or extent.

ΚΠ

1829 Morning Post 6 May It would deprive of a part of its representation a county which was only adequately represented at present.

1929 Musical Times 70 549/2 The music..was..barely adequately played by the orchestra.

1987 N. Ward Dawson's Govt. Canada (ed. 6) xi. 218 It is a truism that there are few policies that can even be adequately discussed by thirty or forty opinionated people in one room, let alone settled by wise decisions.

2004 R. I. Rotberg When States Fail i. 18 Nigeria also performs poorly as a giant state, and it provides political goods adequately at best across the vast mélange of poor and rich states that comprise its little-unified and very unglued whole.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adequately
释义	adequatelyadv. Brit. /ˈadᵻkwətli/, U.S. /ˈædəkwətli/ Forms: see adequate adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adequate adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < adequate adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin adaequate, adverb (from 14th cent. in British sources). †1. Philosophy. With perfect or exact correspondence of idea to object. Cf. adequation n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [adverb] predicamentallyc1600 syncategorematically1602 adequately1628 reduplicatively1652 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 191 Life and Rationalitie are attributed vnto man..adæquatly: so as, all that is in Life, and Rationalitie, is sayd to belong to man: and all that is in man, is denoted, and set out by life, and rationalitie. 1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. i. vii. 181 Whenever we have a diverse Conception or Notion in our Mind, there is a New Entity in re answering to it adequately; even tho' sometimes the Object of that Conception be purely a Non-Ens. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 30 Those ideas or objects, that are immediate, will be adequately and truly known to that mind, whose ideas they are. †2. To an equal extent; exactly; completely, fully. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 1632 E. Reynolds Explic. 110th Psalme 181 There is no excellencie in God which is not compleatly, adequately, and distinctly in Christ. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. vi. 52 Place is that space which is possessed or filled adæquately by some Body. 1689 H. More Answer to Two Papers 121 You confound Substance and Matter, as if they adequately signified the same. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 10 Adapting it self to the figure of every Pore, may adequately fill them. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 5 Nothing that adequately fills a place, can move in that place. 3. a. In a manner which is satisfactory or acceptable; to a sufficient or suitable extent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adverb] hendc1275 expediently1495 adequately1639 expedientially1873 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] enougheOE well enoughOE enowc1300 fairc1300 suffisantlya1340 enoughly1340 meeta1350 sufficientlyc1380 duly1393 competentlyc1440 sufficient1509 'nougha1618 adequately1639 nuff1778 sufficingly1821 1639 W. Laud Relation Conf. Lawd & Fisher 193 An Vnanimous Prayer is not adequately supposed, and therefore Concludes not. 1690 R. Boyle Christian Virtuoso i. 71 Many of which [points of Supernatural Experience] are not to be Adequately estimated by the same Rules. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. (1768) II. 186 A man of sense can be adequately esteemed by none other than a man of sense. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 230 Words & phrases, which might perhaps have adequately expressed my feelings, the cold-blooded Children of this World have anticipated. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iv. 254 The grounds of divorce were, that I had never been adequately of his party. 1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv. 268 No words could adequately describe such a scene. 1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 49/2 Only one genius arose whose cynical, malice-tipped wit satirized adequately the puerility of the era. 1976 Jrnl. Philos. 73 344 His faulty conception of what it is to explain syntactic phenomena adequately. 2002 Victorian Mar. 9/1 Widespread local opposition has been aroused by the Council's failure adequately to consult the community about its plans. b. In a manner which is no more than satisfactory; to a barely sufficient standard or extent. ΚΠ 1829 Morning Post 6 May It would deprive of a part of its representation a county which was only adequately represented at present. 1929 Musical Times 70 549/2 The music..was..barely adequately played by the orchestra. 1987 N. Ward Dawson's Govt. Canada (ed. 6) xi. 218 It is a truism that there are few policies that can even be adequately discussed by thirty or forty opinionated people in one room, let alone settled by wise decisions. 2004 R. I. Rotberg When States Fail i. 18 Nigeria also performs poorly as a giant state, and it provides political goods adequately at best across the vast mélange of poor and rich states that comprise its little-unified and very unglued whole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1628
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