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adequateness|ˈædɪkwətnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being adequate.
†1. Equality; commensurability; exact correspondence in extent or scope. Obs.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 261 The Adequateness of these Parallelisms demonstrated by comparing the Seventeenth and Thirteenth Chapters.
2. Correspondence in fitness; sufficiency; suitableness.
1672T. C[rane] Div. Provid. 7 The wonderful adequateness of a dispensation. 1728Earbery tr. Burnet's State of Dead I. 243 The adequateness of Punishments and Rewards. 1852F. W. Robertson Lect. 176 Only a few..can comprehend with something like adequateness the Cosmos, or order of the Universe. |