# adequately

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #12,175

## Definitions
1. In an adequate manner.
2. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
3. Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

## Etymology
From adequate + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **adequate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adequate-vs-adequately)

## Common misspellings (14)
`addequately`, `adeqautely`, `adeqquately`, `adequaetly`, `adequatelly`, `adequatelyy`, `adequateyl`, `adequatley`, `adequattely`, `adequtaely`, `adeuqately`, `adqeuately`, `aedquately`, `daequately`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adequately