adequately

adverb

Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.

In an adequate manner.

Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

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The word adequately breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root equ-, from Latin aequus (“equal, level”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.