Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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Adequately
Synonyms for "adequately" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
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4 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 11 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- cabəca adv (sufficiently)
- lazımınca adv (sufficiently)
Catalan
2 entries- adequadament adv (in an adequate manner)
- adequadament adv (sufficiently)
Danish
4 entries- betryggende adv (in an adequate manner)
- passende adv (in an adequate manner)
- tilfredsstillende adv (barely satisfactory)
- tilstrækkeligt adv (sufficiently)
Finnish
4 entries- asianmukaisesti adv (in an adequate manner)
- hädin tuskin riittävästi adv (barely satisfactory)
- kelvollisesti adv (in an adequate manner)
- riittävästi adv (in an adequate manner)
Galician
2 entries- adecuadamente adv (in an adequate manner)
- adecuadamente adv (sufficiently)
Georgian
4 entries- ადეკვატურად adv (in an adequate manner)
- დამაკმაყოფილებლად adv (in an adequate manner)
- საკმარისად adv (in an adequate manner)
- შესაბამისად adv (in an adequate manner)
Italian
3 entries- adeguatamente adv (in an adequate manner)
- adeguatamente adv (sufficiently)
- adeguatamente adv (barely satisfactory)
Polish
1 entries- adekwatnie adv (in an adequate manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- adequadamente adv (in an adequate manner)
- adequadamente adv (sufficiently)
Russian
2 entries- адеква́тно adv (in an adequate manner)
- удовлетворительно adv (sufficiently)
Spanish
1 entries- adecuadamente adv (in an adequate manner)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom said that no words could adequately describe his feelings of devastation and grief on losing his best friend.
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I've been adequately punished.
Source: tatoeba (3721496)
The various theoretical frameworks have failed to adequately explain this phenomenon.
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