adequately

1. 1.

   in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree

   “he was adequately prepared”

   Antonymsinadequately

Questions about adequately

What does adequately mean?

adequately means "in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree".

How many syllables are in adequately?

adequately has 4 syllables: adeq-ua-te-ly. The stress falls on "adeq". In IPA it is /ˈædəkwətli/.

What is the opposite of adequately?

The recorded antonyms are inadequately.

Is adequately a common word?

adequately is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.