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adverb

Enough adv.

In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.

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. "I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio." "Thou knowest well enough... that this is no time to lend money."

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. Note: Enough usually follows the word it modifies.

adjective

Enough adj. Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. "How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!"

noun

Enough n. 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. "Enough is as good as a feast." "And Esau said, I have enough, my brother."

interjection

enough interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.

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