All 4 Uses of
sufficient
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- With the cold lemonade they were sufficient for childhood's lifelong diet.†
p. 99.6 *sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Anyone, I reckoned, sufficiently afraid or sufficiently dull could be polite.†
p. 173.6sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Anyone, I reckoned, sufficiently afraid or sufficiently dull could be polite.†
p. 173.6
- As he was, just being himself, he was sufficiently impressive to them.†
p. 233.4