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Webster 1913 Edition
Sufficiency
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
. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sufficiency
SUFFI'CIENCY
,Noun.
His sufficiency is such, that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.
1.
Qualification for any purpose. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others.
2.
Competence; adequate substance or means. An elegant sufficiency, content.
3.
Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.4.
Ability; adequate power. Our sufficiency is of God. 2 Cor.3.
5.
Conceit; self-confidence. [See Self-sufficiency.]Definition 2024
sufficiency
sufficiency
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Alternative forms
- sufficiencie (obsolete)
Noun
sufficiency (plural sufficiencies)
- Quality or condition of being sufficient.
- An adequate amount.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- insufficiency
- unsufficiency (obs.)
Translations
the quality or condition of being sufficient
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an adequate amount
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efficiency