Sufficient
[sə'fɪʃ(ə)nt] or [sə'fɪʃnt]
Definition
(adj.) of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; 'sufficient food' .
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Definition
(a.) Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.
(a.) Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
(a.) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
(a.) Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
Typist: Marcus
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Adequate (to supply a want), ENOUGH, competent, ample, satisfactory.[2]. Qualified, fit, able.
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Examples
- As I had sufficient hopes of the will to be in a flutter about it, Allan and I agreed to go down to the court that morning. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is sufficient if every thing be compleat in the object itself. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- All this involved, no doubt, sufficient active exercise of pen and ink to make her daughter's part in the proceedings anything but a holiday. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The interruption was not unseasonable: sufficient for the day is always the evil; for this hour, its good sufficed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The above is sufficient for two pads, which should be made into an oblong or diamond shape, with linen or muslin, and worn over the pit of the stomach. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He knew Rachael well, for a glance at any one of these groups was sufficient to show him that she was not there. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But this, in my opinion, is not a sufficient reason for excluding them from the catalogue of virtues. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Some fanatics among them, to be sure, held that one book, the Koran, was of itself sufficient to insure the well-being of the whole human race, but happily a more enlightened view prevailed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is not sufficient that the bottom be strong; the sides likewise must support their strain, and hence must be increased in strength with depth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He smiled, I must make on Miss Barkley the impression of a man of sufficient wealth. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The draught is maintained by placing the apparatus on a couple of bricks, and regulated by closing the intervening space with mud, leaving only a sufficient aperture to keep the fire burning. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I said, with withering irony, that it was sufficient to be skinned--I declined to be scalped. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In one circumstance only even the entreaties of Rebecca were unable to secure sufficient attention to the accommodation of the wounded knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- About 1/4 to 3/4 of an ounce per 50 gallons will be found sufficient for most wines. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Add sufficient powdered talc to give the mass the necessary consistency. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Tom had sat upon the bed, swinging one leg and sucking his walking-stick with sufficient unconcern, until the visit had attained this stage. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was an expression of her thoughts, and that was sufficient for Tarzan of the Apes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But all mines must be ventilated by forcing air through them with a fan, and this air must be in sufficient quantity to keep the percentage of gas below a dangerous standard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Although they spoke to each other in guarded tones, their words were pronounced with sufficient distinctness of utterance to reach my ears. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One example will be sufficient to convey to the reader an idea of the operation of the apparatus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A sufficient interval having elapsed for the performers to resume their ordinary costume, they re-entered the dining-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This arose from the fact that, on account of the rapid succession of the electric impulses, there was not sufficient time between them for the electric action to cease entirely. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Many will exclaim that these several causes are amply sufficient to neutralise the power of natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The object now is subjected to the blast, and as the sand will not penetrate a softened material sufficient to abrade a surface beneath, the exposed portions alone will be cut away. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The diamond, which is an allotropic form of carbon, has hitherto resisted attempts to reproduce it of sufficient size to have a commercial value. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After sufficient cooling they are taken out and wiped with a piece of leather so that only a slight film of fat remains. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But I do not see here a sufficient quantity of the wisdom that is necessary to produce such a conduct, and I lament the want of it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- As one operation of carding is not sufficient for most purposes the cotton is subjected to one or more successive cardings. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Her voice alone was sufficient testimony. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When I am here, I have sufficient possession of it and have neither trouble, cost, nor responsibility. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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