sufficiency

[suf·fi·cien·cy]

A sufficiency is an adequate amount of something. Before a winter storm, you should probably make sure you have a sufficiency of food stored in your house.

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The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

Noun
the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

Noun
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"

Noun
sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor''s sufficiency"


n.
The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

n.
Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.

n.
Adequate substance or means; competence.

n.
Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.

n.
Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.


Sufficiency

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.
2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
A substitute or most allowed sufficiency.
I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others.
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.

The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

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