What does "sufficiency" mean?
Sufficiency: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant sufficiency." Thomson.
- 3.Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
- 4.Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. Sir W. Temple.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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