All 16 Uses of
sufficient
in
Jane Eyre
- her brow was low, her chin large and prominent, mouth and nose sufficiently regular;†
p. 43.3sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold: we had no boots, the snow got into our shoes and melted there: our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning.†
p. 71.3insufficient = not adequate (not enough)standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in insufficient means not and reverses the meaning of sufficient. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid.†
p. 71.6 *sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- I found my pupil sufficiently docile, though disinclined to apply: she had not been used to regular occupation of any kind.†
p. 122.9sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- She made reasonable progress, entertained for me a vivacious, though perhaps not very profound, affection; and by her simplicity, gay prattle, and efforts to please, inspired me, in return, with a degree of attachment sufficient to make us both content in each other's society.†
p. 128.6sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- No, young lady, I am not a general philanthropist; but I bear a conscience;" and he pointed to the prominences which are said to indicate that faculty, and which, fortunately for him, were sufficiently conspicuous; giving, indeed, a marked breadth to the upper part of his head: "and, besides, I once had a kind of rude tenderness of heart.†
p. 155.2sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- "I am disposed to be gregarious and communicative to-night," he repeated, "and that is why I sent for you: the fire and the chandelier were not sufficient company for me; nor would Pilot have been, for none of these can talk.†
p. 156.3sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Pardon me, madam: no need of explanation; your own fine sense must inform you that one of your frowns would be a sufficient substitute for capital punishment.†
p. 208.9
- A sufficient interval having elapsed for the performers to resume their ordinary costume, they re-entered the dining-room.†
p. 214.5
- I was glad to give her a sufficient sum to set her up in a good line of business, and so get decently rid of her.†
p. 359.5
- Her salary will be thirty pounds a year: her house is already furnished, very simply, but sufficiently, by the kindness of a lady, Miss Oliver; the only daughter of the sole rich man in my parish — Mr. Oliver, the proprietor of a needle-factory and iron-foundry in the valley.†
p. 408.4sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- They are, in truth, scanty enough; but — " I interrupted "My cottage is clean and weather-proof; my furniture sufficient and commodious.†
p. 416.1sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- She was hasty, but good-humoured; vain (she could not help it, when every glance in the glass showed her such a flush of loveliness), but not affected; liberal-handed; innocent of the pride of wealth; ingenuous; sufficiently intelligent; gay, lively, and unthinking: she was very charming, in short, even to a cool observer of her own sex like me; but she was not profoundly interesting or thoroughly impressive.†
p. 425.2sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Mr. Oliver evidently regarded the young clergyman's good birth, old name, and sacred profession as sufficient compensation for the want of fortune.†
p. 427.0sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Moreover, she is a sweet girl —rather thoughtless; but you would have sufficient thought for both yourself and her.†
p. 430.0
- To his sisters, meantime, he was somewhat kinder than usual: as if afraid that mere coldness would not sufficiently convince me how completely I was banished and banned, he added the force of contrast; and this I am sure he did not by force, but on principle.†
p. 474.4sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)