adequately

adverb

ad·​e·​quate·​ly ˈa-di-kwət-lē 

: to an adequate or sufficient degree or extent

There is no way to adequately prepare yourself for encountering a wild mountain gorilla.

—Sy Montgomery

The blood volume is sufficient, but it's not being adequately distributed throughout the body.

—Tom Ewing

Synonyms of adequately

• good
• nicely
• fine
• well
• alright
• sufficiently
• correctly
• satisfactorily
• OK
• decently

Examples of adequately in a Sentence

we weren't completely bowled over by the performance, but the band certainly played more than adequately

adequately provided with candles and freshwater in case of a power outage

Recent Examples on the Web

Bass and the council members blamed the CoC for not planning adequately for a large audience. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Ud Doula reiterated that the RSC had failed to deliver adequately on its existing mandate and that the industry had already demonstrated its capacity to improve factory safety. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

The defense acknowledged that Pretrial Services recommended detention over concerns about Zhang's potential failure to appear in court, but argued that strict release conditions would adequately address those concerns. — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Anthropic allows exceptions for certain government contracts when contractual restrictions and safeguards adequately mitigate potential harm. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for adequately

• inadequately