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Webster 1913 Edition

Adequacy

Ad′e-qua-cy

,
Noun.
[See
Adequate
.]
The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose;
as, the
adequacy
of supply to the expenditure
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adequacy

AD'EQUACY

,
Noun.
[L. adaequatus, of ad and aquatus, made equal.
The state or quality of being equal to, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, 'the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.'

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