Noun: adequacy a-di-kwu-see
- The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily
"The adequacy of the response calmed public concerns";
- adequateness
- The quality of being sufficient for the end in view
"he questioned the adequacy of human intelligence";
- sufficiency
Derived forms: adequacies
See also: adequate, ample, copious, equal, inadequate, meager [N. Amer], meagerly [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagrely [Brit, Cdn], plenteous [literary], plentiful, rich, scrimpy, stingy [informal], unequal
Type of: quality, satisfactoriness
Antonym: deficiency, inadequacy