ADEQUATE


Meaning of ADEQUATE in English

adj. 1 sufficient, satisfactory (often with the implication of being barely so). 2 (foll. by to) proportionate. 3 barely sufficient. adequacy n. adequately adv.

[ L adaequatus past part. of adaequare make equal (as AD-, aequus equal) ]

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