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adequately

AdverbSino-Korean: 適當 히

  1. 1

    adequately

    In such a manner that meets requirements or conditions, or to an appropriate degree.

    Korean definition: 기준, 조건, 정도에 알맞게.

    • The wind blew just right, so the blanket hung on the clothesline dried quickly.

    • My mother seasoned the stew by adding just the right amount of various seasonings.

  2. 2

    plausibly

    Tactfully enough to avoid causing a problem.

    Korean definition: 문제가 되지 않을 정도로 요령이 있게.

    • Manager Park conveniently turned a blind eye to his subordinate's small mistakes.

    • Having come late, Minjun made a plausible excuse to the teacher, lying that he had a stomachache.