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Synonyms for aptness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : apt
Phonetic Transcription : æpt

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Définition of aptness

Origin :
  • 1530s, from apt + -ness.
  • noun talent
  • noun appropriateness
Example sentences :
  • As we ran towards the main hatch I recognized the aptness of the comparison.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • I marvelled at its aptness, and also that it should have come to me so pat.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • This prophecy is wonderful for the aptness of each single word.
  • Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
  • Even puns please, from the aptness and pleasantry of their conceits.
  • Extract from : « A Lecture On Heads » by Geo. Alex. Stevens
  • There is also an aptness in this selection, which does credit to the 'Patriarch.'
  • Extract from : « Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories » by William Carleton
  • The examples given in the story of the aptness of this remark are often very touching.
  • Extract from : « Australian Writers » by Desmond Byrne
  • I don't know how, and I have no aptness for learning that kind of science.
  • Extract from : « Woman in Prison » by Caroline H. Woods
  • And they that think it culpably defective in phrase, aptness, or elegancy of style.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard
  • For neatness and aptness of expression, it is equal to anything we have seen.
  • Extract from : « Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. » by Solomon Maimon
  • The most scrupulous visitor will fain admit the aptness of mountain nomenclature.
  • Extract from : « Our Southern Highlanders » by Horace Kephart

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