adecuadamente

/adeˌkwadaˈmente/ · B2 · adv

adequately

✅📏 adecuadamente = adecuado (adequate) + -mente (-ly), so adequate-ly

Adecuado comes from Latin adaequare, to make equal, so something adecuado is made equal to what is needed. Add the adverb ending -mente, the Spanish -ly, and you get adequately: done in a way that fits the need.

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