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Sufficiency [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The state of being adequate to the end proposed.

2. His sufficiency is such, that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.

3. Qualification for any purpose.

4. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others.

5. Competence; adequate substance or means.

6. An elegant sufficiency content.

7. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.

8. Ability; adequate power.

9. Our sufficiency is of God. 2 Corinthians 3:5 .

10. Conceit; self-confidence. [ See Self-sufficiency .]

Sufficiency [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.

3. Adequate substance or means; competence.

4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.

5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.

Completeness Roget’s Thesaurus §52

N. completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity|, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency

V. be complete, come to a head, render complete, complete, fill, charge, load, replenish, make up, make good, piece out, eke out, supply deficiencies, fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of, saturate, go the whole hog, go the whole length, go all lengths

Adj. complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious

Adv. completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from dan to beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as, as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness

Phr. falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene

Sufficiency Roget’s Thesaurus §639

N. sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, satisfaction, competence, no less, quantum sufficit, q, s, mediocrity, fill, fullness, plenitude, plenty, abundance, copiousness, amplitude, galore, lots, profusion, full measure, "good measure pressed down and running, over." luxuriance, affluence, fat of the land, "a land flowing with milk and honey", cornucopia, horn of plenty, horn of amalthaea, mine, outpouring, flood, tide, repletion, satiety

V. be sufficient, suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster, have enough, eat, one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill, roll in, swim in, wallow in, wanton, abound, exuberate, teem, flow, stream, rain, shower down, pour, pour in, swarm, bristle with, superabound, render sufficient, replenish

Adj. sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, &c. (complete) 52, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well-provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible

Adv. sufficiently, amply, full, in abundance, with no sparing hand, to one's heart's content, ad libitum, without stint

Phr. "cut and come again", das beste ist gut genug