All 19 Uses
sufficient
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The Hunt for Red October
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- Probably the finest seaman in Russian history, Marakov's reputation as a patriot and an innovative fighting sailor was sufficiently unblemished that a Communist government would eventually see fit to name a missile cruiser in his memory.†
Chpt 3.sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- The elder Ramius was sufficiently impressed with him and what he had done for his son that he arranged for Sasha to have command of a newer, larger boat and moved him up on the list for a new apartment.†
Chpt 3.
- It included a wife he loved and two children he doted on, a job that tested his intellect, and sufficient financial independence to choose his own path.†
Chpt 4. *sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- However, the crewmen on deck did show sufficient evidence of trauma to support the conclusion that a riot had taken place aboard.†
Chpt 6.
- But nothing was sufficient to justify this madness.†
Chpt 7.
- Though principally designed as antiship weapons, the third of them believed to carry nuclear warheads were sufficient to devastate the cities of the East Coast.†
Chpt 7.
- In this case, the water was heated to over 900° Celsius, a temperature sufficient to generate steam, which gathered at the top of the reactor vessel; the steam bubble applied pressure to the water beneath, preventing the generation of more steam.†
Chpt 8.
- This was no solution, however, since the residual decay heat was sufficient to melt everything in the compartment.†
Chpt 8.
- But even if it did not, there is sufficient thermal energy in either of the first two stages to reduce the entire submarine to a puddle of molten iron, twenty times what is necessary to sink it.†
Chpt 9.
- He had access to the command center, and when he watched to see how the Brits hunted subs down, everything was explained to him in sufficient detail that he actually understood about half of it.†
Chpt 11.
- That was the most sleep he ever seemed to get in one shot, but it was sufficient to make him look indecently chipper to the rest of the floor staff.†
Chpt 11.
- Tait was the smaller of the two, but his sudden burst of energy was sufficient to eject the man from the room.†
Chpt 11.
- Was that one leak sufficient to cause all of our contamination?†
Chpt 11.
- The Mark 48 torpedoes would barely have sufficient distance to arm themselves before striking the target in twenty-nine seconds.†
Chpt 12.
- "I do not claim that this story is true, nor do I claim it is even a likely one at this point," Gerasimov said, keeping his voice detached and clinical, "but there is sufficient circumstantial evidence supporting it that I must recommend an in-depth investigation by the Committee for State Security touching on all aspects of this affair."†
Chpt 15.
- Though it would take some months, Padorin was sure that the Russian fleet would have a new chief, one whose personal power would not be sufficient to make policy without Politburo approval.†
Chpt 15.
- No, we were sufficiently grateful that those six men were still alive, and now, of course, all of them are back at work.†
Chpt 16.sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- You are sufficiently familiar with our country to imagine their reaction.†
Chpt 16.
- I speculate, Colonel, that the Americans have been sufficiently frightened by the deployment of our fleet to seek shelter for their missile submarines.†
Chpt 16.
Definitions:
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(1)
(sufficient) adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)