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adequately (adv.)

1620s; see adequate + -ly (2); originally a term in logic in reference to correspondence of ideas and objects and probably based on Latin use. Meaning "suitably" is recorded from 1680s.

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Definitions of adequately from WordNet

adequately (adv.)
in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree;
he was adequately prepared
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