Both Uses
sufficient
in
Ligeia
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- I saw not then what I now clearly perceive, that the acquisitions of Ligeia were gigantic, were astounding; yet I was sufficiently aware of her infinite supremacy to resign myself, with a child-like confidence, to her guidance through the chaotic world of metaphysical investigation at which I was most busily occupied during the earlier years of our marriage.†
*sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- Through a species of unutterable horror and awe, for which the language of mortality has no sufficiently energetic expression, I felt my heart cease to beat, my limbs grow rigid where I sat.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(sufficient) adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)