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Enough

Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.

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Sufficient 84% connected

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the cou…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sufficient 84% connected

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the cou…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Adequate 92% connected

Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plenty 92% connected

Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundanc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sufficiency 92% connected

The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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