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ADEQUATELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an adequate manner or to an adequate degree

Example:

he was adequately prepared

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

inadequately (in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree)

Pertainym:

adequate (sufficient for the purpose)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This is important because hospitalized children experience IV insertion as a very painful and stressful event, and they can have post-traumatic stress symptoms if their pain is not adequately controlled.

(Better IV Insertion Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They had adequately expressed the pause his vision had put in the conversation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Needless to add, I took care before leaving to lift, for ever and adequately, this source of reproach.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Although the new model adequately described many ultrahot Jupiters on the books, some outliers do remain, suggesting that additional aspects of these worlds' atmospheres still need to be understood.

(Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn in Ultrahot Jupiters, NASA/JPL)

If C5 is adequately synthesized, its rapid depletion may result in a functional deficiency.

(C5 Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

If C3 is adequately synthesized, its rapid depletion may result in a functional deficiency.

(C3 Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

An action plan of a pre-clinical or clinical study describing the procedure for obtaining an experimental drug or device for patients who are not adequately treated by existing therapy, who do not meet eligibility criteria for enrollment, or who are otherwise unable to participate in a controlled clinical study.

(Expanded Access Study Protocol Version, NCI Thesaurus)

A recent study investigating depression risks for men and women indicated that men are more affected by failures at key instrumental tasks, such as expected work achievements and failures to provide adequately for the family.

(Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas, University of Cambridge)

The study of the origins, growth, and treatment of any of various types of malignant neoplasms, most of which invade surrounding tissues, may metastasize to several sites, and are likely to recur after attempted removal and to cause death of the patient unless adequately treated; especially, any such carcinoma or sarcoma, but in ordinary usage, especially the former.

(Cancer Biology, NCI Thesaurus)

Studies that provide a means for obtaining an experimental drug or device for patients who are not adequately treated by existing therapy, who do not meet the eligibility criteria for enrollment, or who are otherwise unable to participate in another clinical study.

(Expanded Access Study, NCI Thesaurus)