01 n. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
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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.
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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.
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Adequate substance or means; competence.
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Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
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Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.“Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance.” — Sir W. Temple.