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Definition
adequate (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.1 — Last To See Them Alive (8% in)
- 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.1 — Last To See Them Alive (3% in)
- Surely he must be experiencing a remorse sufficiently profound to summon a desire for God's mercy and forgiveness?4 — The Corner (43% in)
- Both men, Shultz maintained, had betrayed their clients by not consulting with them sufficiently (Mr.4 — The Corner (85% in)
There are no more uses of "sufficient" in In Cold Blood.
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