sufficiency

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant sufficiency." Thomson.
3. 3.Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
4. 4.Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. Sir W. Temple.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is sufficiency.

• What is adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant sufficiency." Thomson called?
• What is supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund called?
• What is conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. Sir W. Temple called?