Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aptness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aptness \Apt"ness\, n.
1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of
things to their end.
The aptness of his quotations. --J. R. Green.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aptness
n 1: a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of
iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread"
[syn: {propensity}]
2: appropriateness; "the phrase had considerable aptness" [syn:
{appositeness}] [ant: {inaptness}, {inaptness}]
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