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적당하다

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adequate

AdjectiveSino-Korean: 適當 하다

  1. 1

    adequate

    Meeting requirements or conditions, or being appropriate in terms of degree.

    Korean definition: 기준, 조건, 정도에 알맞다.

    • The English academy opened a class suitable for students learning English for the first time.

    • Lighting of this brightness was just right for reading.

  2. 2

    plausible; acceptable

    Tactful enough to avoid causing a problem.

    Korean definition: 문제가 되지 않을 정도로 요령이 있다.

    • Tired, Minjun made a plausible excuse and didn't go to the company dinner.

    • The company, in conflict with the workers, wanted to reach a compromise at an acceptable level.