aptness
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
aptness
- Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
- Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
- Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
- Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
[edit] References
- aptness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
