Both Uses of
sufficient
in
Metamorphosis
- This meant that his mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important couch.†
Part 2sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- The gentlemen bent over the dishes set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the kitchen.†
Part 3 *sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)