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Definition of Enough
E`nough´ Pronunciation: ė`nŭf´ | a. | 1. | Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; - usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. | | adv. | 1. | In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently. | | 2. | Fully; quite; - used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer. | | 3. | In a tolerable degree; - used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough. | | n. | 1. | A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself. | | interj. | 1. | An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough. |
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