Sufficiency
[sə'fɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] or [sə'fɪʃnsi]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; 'he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence'.
(noun.) sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; 'her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency'.
Edited by Bradley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
(n.) Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
(n.) Adequate substance or means; competence.
(n.) Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
(n.) Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
Edited by Jeremy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Adequacy, enough, competence, plenty, ample supply.[2]. Ability, qualification, capacity.
Checked by Elmer
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SATISFY]
Editor: Marilyn
Examples
- She envied them some spontaneity, a childish sufficiency to which she herself could never approach. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a lack of robust self, she had no natural sufficiency, there was a terrible void, a lack, a deficiency of being within her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Their food, as I afterwards found, was coarse, but it was wholesome; and they procured a sufficiency of it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In the worst seasons they have always had a sufficiency for themselves, though less for exportation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mrs. Norris, being not at all inclined to question its sufficiency, began to take the matter in another point. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The scheme was put into working order at once, and a sufficiency of provisions was made ready for the adventurers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Their sufficiency decreased with knowledge, they wanted more. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the Popes during their centuries of power were always raging against the slightest reflection upon the intellectual sufficiency of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They might have been exciting, however, if we had chosen to drink a sufficiency of them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She had a perfect calm sufficiency, an easy indifference to any criticism whatsoever, as if she were beyond it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In those good old times, it was a regular household care to provide a sufficiency of tinder, to see that it was kept dry, and that there was a proper flint with fire in it. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He went quickly along towards Shortlands, in a grateful self-sufficiency. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Ruben