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Answer for the clue "The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily ", 12 letters:
adequateness

Word definitions for adequateness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adequateness \Ad"e*quate*ness\, n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" [syn: adequacy ] [ant: inadequacy ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being adequate or of meeting needs or expectations.

Usage examples of adequateness.

These questions can refer to cosmological ideas only, because the object must be given empirically, and the question only refers to the adequateness of it to an idea.