All 6 Uses of
sufficient
in
Babbitt
- For the first time in weeks he was sufficiently roused by his wife to look at her.†
Chpt 1 *
- Anyway—I tell you it's mighty important to—I was saying to Verg Gunch, just last evening, most people don't take sufficient care of their diges—"†
Chpt 1
- The only flaw was that the Glen Oriole sewers had insufficient outlet, so that waste remained in them, not very agreeably, while the Avonlea cesspool was a Waring septic tank.†
Chpt 4
- Teas were not unknown to Babbitt—his wife and he earnestly attended them at least twice a year—but they were sufficiently exotic to make him feel important.†
Chpt 13
- He sat at a glass-covered table in the Art Room of the Inn, with its painted rabbits, mottoes lettered on birch bark, and waitresses being artistic in Dutch caps; he ate insufficient lettuce sandwiches, and was lively and naughty with Mrs. Sassburger, who was as smooth and large-eyed as a cloak-model.†
Chpt 13
- If he was frightened by Ted's slackness, Babbitt was not sufficiently frightened by Verona.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(sufficient) adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)