Talk:supply
Latest comment: 1 month ago by JMGN in topic Satisfy a need or a requirement (formal)
Supply really doesn't have a comparative or superlative. In fact I don't really think it's an adjective at all, more of a noun used in compounds (as goes for all nouns...). I don't understand wiktionary, thus I cannot resolve such problem. --OranginaMan 00:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
- That’s right, supply is only a verb or a noun, never an adjective. —Stephen 01:06, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
- So why is it recorded as an adverb (hence more supply and most supply)? Does anyone ever think that this is the correct spelling of supplely? I've marked this meaning with {{rfv|adverbial sense}} because I have never seen supply used in this way except in error, but I'll accept that it is so (mis-)used if anyone can cite it. Dbfirs 17:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- My Random House Dictionary lists supplely under the heading of supple, but it also has a second entry for supply that reads thus: "supply2 (sup’lē) adv., in a supple manner or way; supplely. [SUPPLE + -LY]" —Stephen 18:36, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
- And now it's cited. :) - -sche (discuss) 02:40, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense "In a supple manner, with suppleness." (Tagged but not listed.) Oh, this is definitely attested. I wouldn't object to a speedy keep as "clear widespread use", but I won't be the one to do it. - -sche (discuss) 20:44, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Satisfy a need or a requirement (formal)
[edit]Synonym of fulfill. JMGN (talk) 20:53, 7 August 2024 (UTC)