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adæquately

adæquately is the archaic spelling of adequately.

Meaning of adequately

Adverb

adequately (comparative more adequately, superlative most adequately)

  1. In an adequate manner.
  2. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
    • A loving relationship with a proper companion animal, a relationship that adequately provides for the animal's physical and psychological needs, is not at all inconsistent with the principles and advocacy of animal rights.2023 August 11 (last accessed), David Pearce, “Companion Animals”, in HedWeb
  3. Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

Forms of adæquately

comparativemore adæquately
superlativemost adæquately

Origin of adæquately

From adæquate + -ly.

Questions about adæquately

What is adæquately the archaic spelling of?
Adæquately is the archaic spelling of adequately.

Words near adæquately in the dictionary

  1. adzukis
  2. Adâncata
  3. adæquacies
  4. adæquacy
  5. adæquate
  6. adæquately
  7. Adélie
  8. Adélie Coast
  9. Adélie Land
  10. Adélie penguin
  11. Adélie penguins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adæquately (page history and authors); adequately (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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