EGAVE

adequacy

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 3.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
    His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.

Similar words

adequateness sufficiency sufficient adequate enough fit proper appropriate acceptability suitable

Often followed by

of and in or is for to as ratio

Word family

adequacies adequate adequately

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