Enough
[ɪ'nʌf]
Definition
(noun.) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; 'enough is as good as a feast'; 'there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country'.
(adv.) as much as necessary; 'Have I eaten enough?'; (`plenty' is nonstandard) 'I've had plenty, thanks'.
Typist: Melba--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
(adv.) In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
(adv.) 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.
(adv.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(interj.) An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
Inputed by Inez
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sufficiency, plenty, QUANTUM SUFFICIT.
a. Sufficient (to satisfy desire).
ad. Sufficiently, satisfactorily, to satisfaction.
Editor: Ozzie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sufficient, ample, plenty, abundance
ANT:Bare, scant, insufficient, inadequate, short
Edited by Adrian
Definition
adj. sufficient: giving content: satisfying want.—adv. sufficiently.—n. sufficiency: as much as satisfies desire or want.
Checker: Shari
Unserious Contents or Definition
pro. All there is in the world if you like it.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- I told his impudence that the gilt pestle and mortar was quite ornament enough; as if I was born, indeed, to be a country surgeon's wife! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I warrant you she'd go to him fast enough without. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sure enough, as indicated by the change of commanders, the enemy was about to assume the offensive. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The sitting was altogether very satisfactory; she was quite enough pleased with the first day's sketch to wish to go on. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You talk in such a way about 'mamma' it is enough to make one jealous of the old lady. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He's good enough for the occasion: when the people have made up their mind as they are making it up now, they don't want a man--they only want a vote. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was then easy enough to obtain a fairly accurate silhouette, by either outlining the profile or cutting it out from the screen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I know better, Fred Beauclerc would answer, and yet I am fool enough to love a woman who is going mad for another man. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So far it seemed clear enough. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But naturally enough this suggestion was repulsed by Yuan Chwang. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was still early enough to catch the morning train. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She saw clearly enough the whole situation, yet she was fettered: she could not smite the stricken soul that entreated hers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was quite willing to tell me what his plan was, but I did not feel clear enough to understand it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Margie