adequateness
31sufficiency — n 1. adequacy, adequateness, suffi cientness; enough, no less, no more and no less; satisfaction, satisfactoriness, acceptability, tolerableness, contentment; completeness, thoroughness, extensiveness. 2. plenty, amplitude, abundance, copiousness …
32inadequateness — in·adequateness …
33adequate — /ˈædəkwət / (say aduhkwuht) adjective 1. (sometimes followed by to or for) equal to the requirement or occasion; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit. 2. Law reasonably sufficient for starting legal action: adequate grounds. {Latin adaequātus, past …
34fullness — [n] abundance, breadth adequateness, ampleness, amplitude, broadness, completeness, completion, comprehensiveness, congestion, copiousness, curvaceousness, dilation, distension, enlargement, entirety, extensiveness, fill, glut, plenitude, plenty …
35adequate — [ad′i kwət] adj. [L adaequatus, pp. of adaequare < ad , to + aequare, to make equal < aequus, level, equal] 1. enough or good enough for what is required or needed; sufficient; suitable 2. barely satisfactory; acceptable but not remarkable… …
36fair to middling — adjective about average; acceptable more than adequate as a secretary • Syn: ↑adequate, ↑passable, ↑tolerable • Similar to: ↑satisfactory • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
37satisfactoriness — noun the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement • Ant: ↑unsatisfactoriness • Derivationally related forms: ↑satisfactory • Hypernyms: ↑quality • Hyponyms: ↑adequacy, ↑ …
