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Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.
Tom Colicchio

Meaning of "adequately" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ADEQUATELY

adequately  [ˈædɪkwətlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADEQUATELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adequately is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ADEQUATELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of adequately in the English dictionary

The definition of adequately in the dictionary is sufficiently. Other definition of adequately is satisfactorily.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADEQUATELY


accurately
ˈækjʊrətlɪ
affectionately
əˈfɛkʃənətlɪ
appropriately
əˈprəʊprɪətlɪ
deliberately
dɪˈlɪbərətlɪ
delicately
ˈdelɪkətlɪ
desperately
ˈdɛspərətlɪ
disproportionately
ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃ ənətlɪ
immaculately
ɪˈmækjʊlətlɪ
immediately
ɪˈmiːdɪətlɪ
inadequately
ɪnˈædɪkwətlɪ
inappropriately
ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪətlɪ
intimately
ˈɪntɪmətlɪ
legitimately
lɪˈdʒɪtəmətlɪ
moderately
ˈmɒdərətlɪ
passionately
ˈpæʃənətlɪ
predominately
prɪˈdɒmɪnətlɪ
privately
ˈpraɪvətlɪ
quietly
ˈkwaɪətlɪ
separately
ˈsɛpərətlɪ
stalwartly
ˈstɔːlwətlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADEQUATELY

adenopathy
adenosine
adenosine diphosphate
adenosine monophosphate
adenosine triphosphate
adenosis
adenoviral
adenovirus
adenyl
adenylic acid
adept
adeptly
adeptness
adequacy
adequate
adequateness
adequative
adermin
adespota
adessive

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADEQUATELY

absolutely
alternately
approximately
articulately
considerately
coordinately
corporately
dispassionately
elaborately
fortunately
indiscriminately
intermediately
intricately
lately
mediately
ornately
philately
proximately
stately
ultimately
unfortunately

Synonyms and antonyms of adequately in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adequately» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADEQUATELY

Find out the translation of adequately to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adequately from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adequately» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

充分
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adecuadamente
570 millions of speakers

English

adequately
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर्याप्त रूप से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

адекватно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adequadamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্যাপ্তরূপে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adéquatement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secukupnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hinreichend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

十分に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적절하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cekap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầy đủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போதுமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पर्याप्तपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeterli olarak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adeguatamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odpowiednio
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

адекватно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în mod adecvat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επαρκώς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voldoende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

adekvat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilstrekkelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adequately

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADEQUATELY»

The term «adequately» is very widely used and occupies the 17.011 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADEQUATELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adequately

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10 QUOTES WITH «ADEQUATELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word adequately.
1
Sidney Altman
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.
2
Saint Bernard
Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?
3
William J. Brennan, Jr.
The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment.
4
Anna Chlumsky
In order to satirize adequately, I think you need to bring people down to Earth and be like, 'Yeah, these people drink coffee and have tummy troubles and they go to the bathroom like anybody else, and they all have relationship problems, if they even have relationships.'
5
Steven Chu
I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre.
6
Ramsey Clark
Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to.
7
Yvette Clarke
Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system.
8
Tom Colicchio
Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.
9
Noel Coward
Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.
10
Viet D. Dinh
The under-funded and over-extended United States Patent and Trademark Office does not have the resources to adequately evaluate the burgeoning number of applications, and too many low-quality patents are being issued as a result.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADEQUATELY»

Discover the use of adequately in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adequately and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Adequately Considered: An American Perspective on Louis ...
"Adaquately considered" is a major study of Janssens' moral methodolgy. Dolores L. Christie is a member of the Department of Religious Studies at Baldwin-Wallace College, Cleveland, Ohio (U.S.A.).
Dolores L. Christie, 1990
2
National Guard: Peacetime Training Did Not Adequately ...
Discusses the training and preparedness of the 3 Army National Guard (NG) roundout brigades that were activated during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Richard Davis, 1991
3
Operation Desert Storm: Army Not Adequately Prepared To Deal ...
This report determines: (1) whether U.S. soldiers were exposed to Depleted Uranium Contamination (DUC) during the Persian Gulf War, (2) to what extent the Army had provided guidance and training to its personnel in the proper handling and ...
David R. Warren, William M. Solis, 2004
4
Gulf War illnesses DOD's conclusions about U.S. troops' ...
These conclusions, however, cannot be adequately supported by the available evidence. These studies contained two inherent weaknesses: (1) flawed criteria for classifying exposure, resulting in classification bias, and (2) an insensitive ...
5
Gulf war illnesses DOD's conclusions about U.S. troops' ...
DOD's. and. VA's. Epidemiology-Based. Conclusions. on. Chemical. Warfare. Exposure. and. Rates. for. Hospitalization. and. Mortality. Cannot. Be. Adequately . Supported. DOD and VA each funded an epidemiological study on chemical ...
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC, Keith Rhodes
6
Publicprivate competitions : DOD's determination to combine ...
Second, the reports and available supporting data did not adequately support DOD's determination “that the individual workloads cannot as logically and economically be performed without combination by sources that are potentially qualified ...
7
Medicare CMS needs additional authority to adequately ...
CMS oversight of JCAHO's hospital accreditation program is limited because it cannot restrict or remove JCAHO's accreditation authority if the agency detects problems. To oversee the program, CMS conducts on-site validation surveys of a  ...
8
Disabled veterans' care : better data and more ...
blindness, amputations, or mental illness. After discussions with stakeholders, as required by the act, VA added two more special disabilities—traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—to this list. For the purpose of the ...
9
Defense health care need for more prescribing psychologists ...
Curriculum. Repeatedly. Changed. The duration, content, and sequencing of PDP training continued to change after the project began. Originally, PDP training was intended to last for 2 years and consist of both course work and clinical ...
10
Ethics in Medicine: Virtue, Vice and Medicine
We will hereafter refer to the latter duty as 'the duty to inform adequately'. There are three particular differences in law between the duty to obtain consent and the duty to inform adequately that are instructive for us to take note of: 1 The duty to ...
Jennifer Jackson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADEQUATELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adequately is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sterling Silver Army Men Guarantee Your Kids Are Adequately Spoiled
Those classic green plastic army men are as cheap as cheap toys get—that's why they're often sold by the bucket. That doesn't mean they're ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
2
Observer mission criticised for failing to adequately monitor …
OSCE observers in recent months have been criticised by government officials in eastern Ukraine for failing to adequately report repeated ... «Ukraine Today, Jul 15»
3
NHTSA “Tentatively Concludes” Fiat Chrysler Failed To Adequately
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced back in May that it would hold the hearing to receive testimony from Fiat ... «The Consumerist, Jul 15»
4
CBP Needs Adequately Manned, Independent Internal Affairs Office …
And, yet, CBP does not have an adequately staffed internal affairs office, and hasn't had one since CBP was created in March 2003 as part of ... «HSToday, Jul 15»
5
Mount Wellington cable car: community concerns not adequately
The group responsible for managing Hobart's Mount Wellington did not adequately respond to community concerns about a plan to allow more ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
6
European banks failing to adequately integrate environmental and …
Large European banks are failing to factor in the potential risks and opportunities of sustainability issues and the financial impacts, according to ... «Blue & Green Tomorrow, Jun 15»
7
All PSBs are adequately capitalised; will require additional capital to …
All the public sector banks in India are adequately capitalised and are meeting their requirement but going forward they will require additional ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
8
Public Sector Banks adequately funded, will need more in future: RBI
NEW DELHI: RBI deputy governor R Gandhi has said that public sector banks are "adequately" capitalised at present but will need additional ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
9
Comerica (CMA) Adequately Capitalized; Time to Hold?
We view Comerica as an adequately capitalized bank. In Mar 2015, following the release of the Federal Reserve's Dodd-Frank Act supervisory ... «Zacks.com, Jun 15»
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PSU Banks Will Need Additional Capital to Meet Adequacy Norms …
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor R Gandhi on Friday said state-owned banks are "adequately" capitalised at present but ... «NDTV, Jun 15»

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