Enough
//ɪˈnʌf//
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The word "enough" can be used as adverb, noun, determiner, pronoun, intj, adverb and adjective.
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big and ugly enough big enough and ugly enough can't get enough close enough close enough for government work close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey crazy enough to work enough already enough is as good as a feast enough is enough enough is too much enough said enough sense to pound sand into a rathole enough to choke a horse enough to choke a snake enough to go around enough to make a cat laugh enough to make the angels weep enough to put in one's eye enoughly enoughness fair enough getting enough give one enough rope give someone enough rope give someone enough rope and they'll hang themself given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow good enough good enough for government work good enough for jazz good enough to eat have had enough just enough leave well enough alone let well enough alone mad enough to chew nails man enough not enough room to swing a cat not enough to hang a dog on old enough to vote perfect is the enemy of good enough right enough soon enough strong enough to trot a mouse on sure enough sure-enough that's enough throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick time enough too many chiefs and not enough indians way enough woman enough
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adequate adequate sufficient adverb all needed amount appropriate augmentation being being sufficient degree eight eight is equivalent express expressing expressing overfeed fed fed up filled filled rim fulfilled fulfillment full had have have had like like plenty limit max measurement needed overfeed plenty positive quantity reached reached max required right right amount rim stop sufficed sufficiency sufficient sufficiently thanks thanks had up
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