sufficiency (n.)

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

  2. 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

    [ Syn: enough ]

  3. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence

    [ Syn: adequacy , adequacy ]

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