All 4 Uses of
sufficient
in
Catch-22
- 'Go to the hospital quickly,' he mumbled, when he had recovered sufficiently to speak, 'and tell them you're sick.†
Chpt 9 *
- There was no officer who had captured the city, so they gave the medal to General Peckem instead, because General Peckem was the only officer with sufficient initiative to ask for it.†
Chpt 12
- Since Milo did have freedom of passage everywhere, his planes were able to steal over in a sneak attack without alerting the German antiaircraft gunners; and since Milo knew about the attack, he was able to alert the German antiaircraft gunners in sufficient time for them to begin firing accurately the moment the planes came into range.†
Chpt 24
- The chaplain's wife was the one thing in the world he could be certain of, and it would have been sufficient, if only he had been left to live his life out with just her and the children.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(sufficient) adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)