Badly
Sufficiently
Sufficiently adverb - In a satisfactory way.
Usage example: it's not great literature, but this whodunit is sufficiently suspenseful
Badly is an antonym for sufficiently.
Both words in one sentence
- In the former case, the advantage to this trope is obvious—a Game Master in a Tabletop Game could be badly hamstrung by a sufficiently Genre Savvy player anticipating the general direction of the campaign and being prepared for anything.
Source: Schrödinger's Gun -
One of the sound effects in Fate/stay night, generally only used in very creepy situations and when the narrator is sufficiently badly injured.
Source: Vader Breath - In man-to-man combat, if one party is being beaten sufficiently badly then the enemy's blows will suddenly stop affecting them for a brief period to let them get up again.
Source: Darth Wiki / Useless Notes
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