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[ adverb ] in an adequate manner
Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)I am certainly not adequately trained to describe or enlarge on human fears , but there are certain features of the fears dispelled by scientific explanations that stand_out quite clearly . Even in domains where detailed and predictive understanding is still lacking , but where some explanations are possible , as with lightning and weather and earthquakes , the appropriate kind of human_action has been more adequately indicated . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)The actual function of patristic civilian canonist scholastic communism was adequately set_forth by St._Gregory almost a millennium before More wrote Utopia . |
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[ adverb ] in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
Examples "he was adequately prepared" Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)If the house is not wired adequately for electricity or if plumbing or a central_heating system must be installed , check_into the cost of making these improvements . (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)These amendments to the Vocational_Rehabilitation_Act were designed to help provide_for more specialized rehabilitation facilities , for more sheltered and `` half-way '' workshops , for greater numbers of adequately trained personnel , for more comprehensive services to individuals ( particularly to the homebound and the blind ) , and for other administrative improvements to increase the program 's overall effectiveness . Related terms |
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