How do you use enough adverb in a sentence? (2023)

How is enough used in a sentence?

enough comes after adjectives and adverbs. I'm not tall enough to reach the top shelf. Your marks are good enough to study engineering at university. I couldn't write quickly enough and I ran out of time.

Adverbs of degree are usually placed before the adjective, adverb, or verb that they modify, although there are some exceptions. The words "too", "enough", "very", and "extremely" are examples of adverbs of degree.

Enough is an adjective that describes something that is adequate for an intended purpose. Enough is also used as an adverb to mean sufficiently or fully. Enough also has senses as a pronoun and an interjection. Enough describes something as being adequate or sufficient.

Enough means “the necessary amount.” It can be used as an adjective and it can also be used as an adverb.

I have to say firmly that enough is enough. After seven years of membership, enough is enough. What emergency measures does he have to prevent the prison officers and the prisoners deciding to say, as they will soon, enough is enough? They are all saying the same thing: enough is enough.

Enough goes after adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. Enough goes before nouns.

Some common synonyms of enough are adequate, competent, and sufficient. While all these words mean "being what is necessary or desirable," enough is less exact in suggestion than sufficient. do you have enough food?

Adverb. enoughly (not comparable) (nonstandard) Synonym of enough.

Too and enough can modify both nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Too indicates that there is too much of a quality, or too much or too many of some object. Enough means that there is no need for more of a quality or object.

Use too for negative situations and enough for positive ones. Too comes before the adjective or adverb it's describing, while enough comes after the adjective or adverb. Enough comes before a noun, whereas too is never used before a noun.

What are 10 examples of adverbs?

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We use enough as an adverb directly after an adjective or directly after another adverb: Is this box big enough for all those books? Strangely enough, no one seemed to notice that Boris was in his pyjamas.

When enough is used as an adjective, it modifies a noun. The adjective enough goes before the noun it modifies. I have bought enough eggs. (NOT I have bought eggs enough.

1 inadequate, scanty, deficient.

adjective. whole·​some ˈhōl-səm. : helping to keep or improve the good condition of the mind, body, or spirit. a wholesome environment. : sound in body, mind, or morals : healthy.

avó [aˈvo , aˈvɔ ] masculine noun, feminine noun. grandfather/mother. avós plural masculine noun. grandparents.

As an adverb, enough goes after the adjective or adverb it modifies.

Starting a sentence with an adverb at the front of your subordinate clause can be an interesting way of writing. Here are a couple of examples: Softly treading along the carpet, he wondered where he would end up. Slowly breathing as he walked up the stairs, Todd glanced behind him.

Common sentence adverbs include actually, apparently, basically, briefly, certainly, clearly, conceivably, confidentially, curiously, evidently, fortunately, hopefully, however, ideally, incidentally, indeed, interestingly, ironically, naturally, predictably, presumably, regrettably, seriously, strangely, surprisingly, ...

How do you say something is enough?

You are enough means that you don't have to strive to become more worthy, more valid, more acceptable, or more loved. You already are all of those things.

If you say that you have had enough, you mean that you are unhappy with a situation and you want it to stop. I had had enough of other people for one night. See full dictionary entry for enough.

Enough as an adjective.

Used as a quantifier adjective, enough is not really a problem word. However it can only be used as an attributive adjective (one that stands before the noun it qualifies); it cannot be used as a predicative adjective (after the verb to be or similar verbs).