aptness
noun[U]
uk/ˈæpt.nəs/us/ˈæpt.nəs/aptnessnoun[U](SUITABLE)
thequalityof beingsuitableorrightfor aparticularsituation:
the aptness of hiscomment
- There is anundeniableaptness to thedescription.
- Fizzlosthertemper,demonstratingthe aptness of hernickname.
- Theirironicand oftenhilariouseffectcomes from the aptness of thechoiceof words.
- Thecommentarymight beappliedwithequalaptness to dozens of othernovelsof thisdecade.
Skill, talent and ability
- ability
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- acumen
- adroitness
- chop
- endowment
- forte
- functional skills
- functioning
- genius
- gift
- non-technical
- polish
- prestidigitation
- proficiency
- prowess
- speciality
- wizardry
- workmanship
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Suitable and acceptable
aptnessnoun[U](TENDENCY)
old-fashioned
thequalityof beinglikelyto do something or of often doing something:
his aptnesstoforget
- Brittlenessmeansan aptness tobreak.
- She was ascheerfulas hersister, with the same aptness forlaughter.
Impossible and improbable
- apt
- be out of the questionidiom
- be pissing in the windidiom
- beggar
- beggar belief/descriptionidiom
- doubt
- fear
- flimsily
- flimsiness
- goodbye
- goodbye tosomethingidiom
- impenetrably
- implausibility
- nail
- nohow
- not have a snowball's chance in hellidiom
- one in a millionidiom
- pig
- pigs might flyidiom
- unicorn
aptnessnoun[U](ABILITY)
old-fashionedformal
naturalability:
an aptnessfor/atdrawing
- They said I hadgreataptness, and should make a goodteacher.
- Thequestionis whether tofollowuncriticallythetrackhefindshimself in, withoutconsideringhis aptness for it.
Intelligence
- acuity
- acumen
- agility
- apt
- artful
- gumption
- highbrow
- horse sense
- imaginative
- imaginatively
- penetrating
- perceptive
- percipient
- perspicacity
- presence of mind
- profundity
- quick-witted
- ready
- resource
- subtlety
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