Adequately vs Mediocre - What's the difference?
adequately | mediocre |
In an adequate manner.
Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
Barely satisfactory or sufficient.
Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
As an adverb adequately
is in an adequate manner.As an adjective mediocre is
mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality).adequately
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* (chiefly obsolete)Adverb
(en adverb)mediocre
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* mediocer (obsolete) * (dated)Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.
