About The Word Sufficiency
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Sufficiency
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What's The Definition Of Sufficiency?
[n] the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"
[n] an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" [n] sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sufficiency: adequacy | enough Related Terms | Find terms related to Sufficiency: See Also | ampleness | fill | quality | relative quantity | wealth | wealthiness Sufficiency In Webster's Dictionary \Suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. sufficientia: cf. F.
suffisance. See {Suffice}.]
1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to
the end proposed; adequacy.
His sufficiency is such that he bestows and
possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. --Boyle.
2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. --Shak.
I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not
willingly to admit the counsel of others. --Eikon
Basilike.
3. Adequate substance or means; competence. ``An elegant
sufficiency.'' --Thomson.
4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance.
--Sir W.
Temple.
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