Adequately and Unsatisfactorily

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Adequately adverb - In a satisfactory way.

Usage example: we weren't completely bowled over by the performance, but the band certainly played more than adequately

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Unsatisfactorily is an antonym for adequately in sufficiently topic.

Nearby Words: adequate, adequacy, adequation

Unsatisfactorily adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

Usage example: unsatisfactorily prepared entrées should be immediately returned to the kitchen and replaced with something more acceptable

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Adequately is an antonym for unsatisfactorily.

Nearby Word: unsatisfactory

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Unsatisfactorily and Adequately. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adequately/unsatisfactorily

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