2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. Who is sufficient for these things 2 Cor. ii. 16.
3. Capable of meeting obligations; responsible. The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond. Shak.
4. Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. [R.] Thou art the most sufficient (I'll say for thee), Not to believe a thing. Beau. & Fl.
Syn.
— Enough; adequate; competent; full; satisfactory; ample.
SUFFICIENTLY
Suf*fi"cient*ly, adv.
Defn: To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.
SUFFICING
Suf*fi"cing, a.
Defn: Affording enough; satisfying.
— Suf*fi"cing*ly, adv.
— Suf*fi"cing*ness, n.
SUFFISANCE
Suf*fi"sance, n. Etym: [F. See Sufficiency.]
Defn: Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment. [Obs.]
He could in little thing have suffisaunce. Chaucer.