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aptness
(encz) | aptness,schopnost n: jose |
aptness
(encz) | aptness,výstižnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
aptness
(encz) | aptness,zručnost Pavel Cvrček |
Aptness
(gcide) | Aptness \Apt"ness\, n.
1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of
things to their end.
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The aptness of his quotations. --J. R. Green.
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2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of
men to follow example.
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3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning;
docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in
some children than in others.
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4. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
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aptness
(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:
aptness, propensity]
2: appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had
considerable aptness" [syn: aptness, appositeness] [ant:
inappositeness, inaptness] |
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aptness
(encz) | aptness,schopnost n: joseaptness,výstižnost n: Zdeněk Brožaptness,zručnost Pavel Cvrček |
inaptness
(encz) | inaptness,neobratnost n: Zdeněk Brožinaptness,neschopnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
raptness
(encz) | raptness, |
Adaptness
(gcide) | Adaptness \A*dapt"ness\, n.
Adaptedness. [R.]
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Inaptness
(gcide) | Inapt \In*apt"\, a. [Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf.
Inept.]
Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- In*apt"ly, adv. --
In*apt"ness, n.
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Unaptness
(gcide) | Unapt \Un*apt"\, a.
1. Inapt; slow; dull. --Bacon.
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2. Unsuitable; unfit; inappropriate. --Macaulay.
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3. Not accustomed and not likely; not disposed.
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I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*apt"ly, adv. -- Un*apt"ness, n.
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aptness
(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:
aptness, propensity]
2: appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had
considerable aptness" [syn: aptness, appositeness] [ant:
inappositeness, inaptness] |
inaptness
(wn) | inaptness
n 1: inappropriateness; "greater inaptness of expression would
be hard to imagine" [syn: inaptness, inappositeness]
[ant: appositeness, aptness] |
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