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Rhinoceros, by Ionesco
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- That's quite sufficient, with a little method.†
p. 22.8 *sufficient = adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- LOGICIAN: If you could prove that on the first occasion you saw a rhinoceros with one horn, either Asiatic or African ... OLD GENTLEMAN: Asiatic or African ... LOGICIAN: And on the second occasion a rhinoceros with two horns ... GROCER: One with two ... LOGICIAN: No matter whether African or Asiatic ... OLD GENTLEMAN: African or Asiatic ... LOGICIAN: ...we could then conclude that we were dealing with two different rhinoceroses, for it is hardly likely that a second horn could grow sufficiently in a space of a few minutes to be visible on the nose of a rhinoceros.†
p. 36.6sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- I wasn't sufficiently understanding with him.†
p. 98.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(sufficient) adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)