Definition of Sufficiently

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Sufficiently

To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.

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Sufficiently Quotations

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle

The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.
James Madison

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
James Madison

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind.
Robert Collier

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
Margaret Thatcher

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
Ambrose Bierce

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
Franz Kafka

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
Michel de Montaigne

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
Thomas Hobbes

Sufficiently Translations

sufficiently in Dutch is nogal, genoeg, vrij, tamelijk, basta
sufficiently in Finnish is kylliksi
sufficiently in French is assez
sufficiently in Italian is abbastanza
sufficiently in Portuguese is bastante, suficientemente
sufficiently in Spanish is suficientemente

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