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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

Type of: appropriateness, disposition

Antonym: inappositeness

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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes patagonica
apteral
apterous
Apterygidae
Apterygiformes
apteryx
aptitude
aptitudinal
aptly
aptness
Apulia
Apus
Apus apus
APY
apyretic tetanus
Aqaba
aqua
aqua-
aqua fortis
aqua regia