Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sufficiency"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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. --Boyle.

2. 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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]
[ant: {insufficiency}, {insufficiency}]

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