adequacy

[ad-i-kwuh-see]

ad·e·qua·cy

[ad-i-kwuh-see]
noun, plural ad·e·qua·cies.
the state or quality of being adequate; sufficiency for a particular purpose.

Origin:
1800–10; adequ(ate) + -acy

pre·ad·e·qua·cy, noun
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Adequacy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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adequate (ˈædɪkwɪt)
 
adj
able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc
 
[C17: from Latin adaequāre to equalize, from ad- to + aequusequal]
 
adequacy
 
n
 
'adequately
 
adv

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