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.

Suf*fi"cient*ly, adv. 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.

Suf*fi"cing (?), a. Affording enough; satisfying. -- Suf*fi"cing*ly,

adv. -- Suf*fi"cing*ness, n.

Suf*fi"sance (?), n. [F. See Sufficiency.] Sufficiency; plenty;

abundance; contentment. [Obs.]

He could in little thing have suffisaunce.

Chaucer.

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