riittävästi

Riittävästi is the adverb form of the Finnish adjective riittävä, meaning adequate or sufficient. As an adverb, riittävästi expresses that something exists or is done to a sufficient extent, amount, or degree. It is commonly used to indicate that resources, information, time, or actions meet a required or acceptable level.

Usage and grammar: Riittävästi is typically used with nouns in the partitive to express an adequate quantity, as in riittävästi vettä (enough water), riittävästi rahaa (enough money), or riittävästi tietoa (sufficient information). It can also modify clauses or verb phrases to denote sufficiency, for example, Riittävästi kerättyä dataa mahdollistaa analysin. The word is invariable and does not have comparative or superlative forms.

Etymology and related terms: Riittävästi is formed by adding the adverbial suffix -sti to the adjective riittävä. The related adjective riittävä describes adequacy, while riittävästi specifies the degree of adequacy in a statement or requirement. In Finnish, other expressions of sufficiency include phrases like "riittävä määrä" (a sufficient amount) or "riittävästi" in combination with different nouns.

Usage notes: The concept of sufficiency expressed by riittävästi is context-dependent and often tied to standards, regulations, or practical judgments. In technical or policy texts, the term is used to justify that resources or evidence meet minimum criteria. As with other Finnish adverbs, its meaning can shift with context but remains centered on adequacy rather than excess or scarcity.