The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily::
— He questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule.

synonym: adequateness.

Roget 644: utility; usefulness etc. adj.; efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help etc. (aid) 707; applicability etc. adj.; subservience etc. (instrumentality) 631; function etc. (business) 625; value; worth etc. (goodness) 648; money's worth; productiveness etc. 168; cui bono [Lat.] etc. (intention) 620; utilization etc. (use) 677; step in the right direction.    common weal; commonwealth public good, public interest; utilitarianism etc. (philanthropy) 910.    ... show more

Dutch: deugdelijkheid
Polish: adekwatność

The quality of being sufficient for the end in view.

synonym: sufficiency.

Roget 639: sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, satisfaction, competence; no less; quantum sufficit [Lat.], Q.   S. mediocrity etc. (average) 29.    fill; fullness etc. (completeness) 52; plenitude, plenty; abundance; copiousness etc. adj.; amplitude, galore, lots, profusion; full measure; good measure pressed down and running, over." luxuriance etc. (fertility) 168; affluence etc. (wealth) 803; fat of the land; a land flowing with milk and honey;" cornucopia; horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea; mine etc. (stock) 636.    outpouring; flood etc. (great quantity) 31; tide etc. (river) 348; repletion etc. (redundancy) 641; satiety etc. 869.    ... show more

Polish: wystarczalność