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adequative

adequative adjective: equivalent or sufficient; adequate.

Adjective

adequative (comparative more adequative, superlative most adequative)

  1. (rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate.

Forms of adequative

comparativemore adequative
superlativemost adequative

Origin of adequative

From Medieval Latin adaequātivus, from Latin adaequō (“make equal to”).

Words formed from adequative

Questions about adequative

What does adequative mean?
Adequative means equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
What part of speech is adequative?
Adequative is an adjective.

Words near adequative in the dictionary

  1. adequates
  2. adequating
  3. adequation
  4. adequationism
  5. adequations
  6. adequative
  7. adequatively
  8. Ader
  9. Ader receiver
  10. Ader receivers
  11. aderbasib

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