Adequate and Direct

Adequate

Adequate adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.

Direct and adequate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Direct" instead an adjective "Adequate".

Nearby Words: adequately, adequacy, adequation

Direct

Direct adjective - Done or working without something else coming in between.

Adequate and direct are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adequate" instead an adjective "Direct".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Last and First Men A being whom you would call a future man has seized the docile but scarcely adequate brain of your contemporary, and is trying to direct its familiar processes for an alien purpose.
  • Film / The Jazz Singer The obscure direct-to-video film That's Adequate!
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