Both Uses of
sufficient
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- Of such insolences and attempted slights he, of course, took no notice, and in the opinion of most people his frank debonair manner, his charming boyish smile, and the infinite grace of that wonderful youth that seemed never to leave him, were in themselves a sufficient answer to the calumnies, for so they termed them, that were circulated about him.†
Chpt 11
- They say that you corrupt everyone with whom you become intimate, and that it is quite sufficient for you to enter a house, for shame of some kind to follow after.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
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(sufficient) adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)