All 4 Uses of
sufficient
in
In Cold Blood
- But afterward the townspeople, theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom trouble to lock their doors, found fantasy recreating them over and again-those somber explosions that stimulated fires of mistrust in the glare of which many old neighbors viewed each other strangely, and as strangers.†
Chpt 1sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- The Rupp family were Roman Catholics, the Clutters, Methodist-a fact that should in itself be sufficient to terminate whatever fancies she and this boy might have of some day marrying.†
Chpt 1 *sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Surely he must be experiencing a remorse sufficiently profound to summon a desire for God's mercy and forgiveness?†
Chpt 4sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Both men, Shultz maintained, had betrayed their clients by not consulting with them sufficiently (Mr. Fleming replied, "I worked on the case to the very best of my ability, giving it more time than I do most cases"); by waiving a preliminary hearing (Smith answered, "But sir, neither Mr. Fleming nor I had been appointed counsel at the time of the waiver"); by making remarks to newsmen damaging to the defendants (Shultz to Smith: "Are you aware that a reporter, Ron Kull of the Topeka Daily Capital, quoted you, on the second day of the trial, as saying there was no doubt of Mr. Hickock's guilt, but that you were concerned only with obtaining life imprisonment rather than the death penalty?"†
Chpt 4