adequateness

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In maturity of development, in intellectual force, in beauty of expression, and in general adequateness, De los nombres de Cristo exhibits Luis de Leon's prose at its culmination.

From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James

For the object must be given in experience, and the question relates to the adequateness of the object to an idea.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

This wide range of variability between definite limits is coupled with a high degree of sensibility and adequateness to the most diverging experiments.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

This is not a proper occasion for saying anything about the adequateness of the catholic, or any other special manner of fostering and solacing the religious impulses of men.

From On Compromise by Morley, John

We need not here discuss the philosophical truth or adequateness of these ways of considering the origin and nature of knowledge, or the composition of human character.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John