self-sufficing

But Eastern manners need scarcely be called in to explain a sentiment which we find repeated by one who is generally esteemed the most self-sufficing of Europeans.

He vows himself to a self-sufficing pagan worship of nature.

"The patient and Meg are extremely self-sufficing," she said, dropping into a chair.

It is strength To live four-square, careless of outward shows, And self-sufficing.

The idea was to provide the country with a supply of wheat until sufficient wheat-growing soil could be broken up to make it practically self-sufficing in respect of wheat.