Meanings
comparative more self-sufficiently · superlative most self-sufficiently
- In a self-sufficient manner.
For if what is decided now does not evolve a railway able to compete self-sufficiently in the transport world of the late 1960s, then we may as well resign ourselves to the lingering death of B.R., protracted only to the extent that it can maintain its services on a make-do-and-mend basis.
1963 January, “A second chance on brakes”, in Modern Railways, page 1
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Translations
Bulgarian самодоста́тъчно, самостоя́телно
- самодоста́тъчно (samodostátăčno)in a self-sufficient manner
- самостоя́телно (samostojátelno)in a self-sufficient manner
German selbstgenügsam
- selbstgenügsamin a self-sufficient manner
Hungarian önellátóan
- önellátóanin a self-sufficient manner
Polish samowystarczalnie
- samowystarczalniein a self-sufficient manner
Romanian independent
- independentin a self-sufficient manner
Russian самостоя́тельно
- самостоя́тельно (samostojátelʹno)in a self-sufficient manner
Ukrainian самодоста́тньо
- самодоста́тньо (samodostátnʹo)in a self-sufficient manner
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self-sufficiently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-sufficiently
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