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Noun: aptness  apt-nus
  1. A disposition to behave in a certain way
    "the aptness of iron to rust"
    - propensity
     
  2. Appropriateness for the occasion
    "the phrase had considerable aptness"
    - appositeness

Derived forms: aptnesses

See also: apt

Type of: appropriateness, disposition

Antonym: inaptness

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