All 3 Uses of
sufficient
in
Lord of the Flies
- All the warm salt water of the bathing pool and the shouting and splashing and laughing were only just sufficient to bring them together again.
p. 55..6 *sufficient = adequate (without extra)
- The hunters sat, stuffing themselves with this easy meal, trying to convince themselves that they got sufficient kick out of bananas and that other olive-grey, jelly-like fruit.
p. 109..9sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- The skirts of the forest and the scar were familiar, near the conch and the shelters and sufficiently friendly in daylight.
p. 130..4sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
Definition:
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(sufficient) adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)