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Definition of enough :
1. A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
2. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
3. Fully; quite; - used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
4. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
5. In a tolerable degree; - used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.
6. Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; - usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
Synonyms:
large, copious, exuberant, equal, inadequate, seemly, very, decorous, nice, lavish, overflowing, deficient, excess, satisfying, just, full, profuse, complete, barely, plenty, liberal, sufficiency, bounteous, quite, rich, passable, fair to middling, affluent, becoming, replete, comme il faut, abounding, fairly, comely, comfortable, acceptable, rather, decent, luxuriant, tolerable, competent, generous, unlimited, adequacy, teeming
sufficient (part of speech: adjective)
bountiful, abundant, prosperous, plenteous, plentiful, satisfactory, adequate, ample, sufficient
sufficiently (part of speech: adverb)
adequately, abundantly, satisfactorily, amply
Usage examples:
- If only this day had been a festa, he might have done well enough. - "Knights of Art Stories of the Italian Painters", Amy Steedman.
- He is old enough to be your father- and he will never be strong. - "East of the Shadows", Mrs. Hubert Barclay.
- If it was good enough for them it was good enough for him. - "The Green Flag", Arthur Conan Doyle.