SUFFI'CIENCY, noun The state of being adequate to the end proposed. His sufficiency is such, that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. 1. Qualification for any purpose. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. 2. Competence; adequate substance or means. An elegant sufficiency content. 3. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund. 4. Ability; adequate power. Our sufficiency is of God. 2 Corinthians 3:5. 5. Conceit; self-confidence. [See Self-sufficiency.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI