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sufficientemente

sufficiently

adverb soof-fee-chen-teh-MEN-teh Rare

Also means

enough

Usage Note

Sufficientemente is the formal adverbial form of sufficiente (sufficient). In everyday speech Italians more commonly use abbastanza (enough) or a sufficienza, but sufficientemente appears in formal, written, and academic registers: non è sufficientemente chiaro means 'it is not sufficiently clear'. It is invariable.

Examples

"Non era sufficientemente preparato per l'esame."

Natural Translation

He was not sufficiently prepared for the exam.

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