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† suffisantly, adv. Obs. [f. suffisant + -ly2. Cf. MDu. soffisantelike.] Sufficiently, adequately, competently.
a1340Hampole Psalter Cant. 498 Whaim sa þou has punysst suffyssauntly here þou will noght punyss eft. c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. vi. (1868) 133 Vnneþes is þer suffisauntly any þing to answere perfitly to þi questioun. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 21904 Now thow hast ynowh plente Off water..Suffysauntly a bath to make. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 224/2 He cam agayn to his owen place and ete suffysauntly twyes a day of the same loof. 1489― Faytes of A. iii. viii. 184 With peyne he shulde fynde one that shulde suffysauntly kepe his rowme. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W.) iv. vi, That the synner sayth not suffysauntly his synnes. |