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sufficient

/səˈfɪʃənt/ adjective B1
  1. Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs. · This is a necessary condition but not a sufficient one.
  2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
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“The moment you have received this, have the kindness to take the letter of credit from my pocket-book, which you will find in the square drawer of the secrétaire; add your own to it, if it be not sufficient.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 393 · C1
When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: “Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 2 · B2
He gave his own goats just sufficient food to keep them alive, but fed the strangers more abundantly in the hope of enticing them to stay with him and of making them his own.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 21 · B2
They who act without sufficient thought, will often fall into unsuspected danger.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 95 · B2

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