different between adequately vs abundantly

English

Alternative forms

• adæquately (chiefly obsolete)

Etymology

adequate +? -ly

Adverb

adequately (comparative more adequately, superlative most adequately)

1. In an adequate manner.
2. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
3. Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

Derived terms

• adequately wet

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English abundantly, abundauntli, habundantly, habundauntliche, equivalent to abundant +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?t.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?t.li/, /??bn?.dn?t.li/

Adverb

abundantly (comparative more abundantly, superlative most abundantly)

1. In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: fully, amply, plentifully

   • Genesis, I, 20

     And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
2. Extremely.
   • 1980, Claude Emerson Welch, Anatomy of Rebellion

     The explosion, in other words, was unexpected, powerful, and politically diffuse; it vented sharp African frustrations with the colonial situation, but had no readily visible leadership or political goals; it made abundantly obvious the need to speed the pace of self-government

Translations

References

• abundantly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• abundantly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.