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aptness

noun

Definition of aptnessnext
1
as in tendency
an established pattern of behavior an unfortunate aptness to interrupt people in mid sentence

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Relevance

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2
as in appropriateness
the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting I'd question the aptness of that goofy sympathy card

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of aptness These musical moments turn into flights of fancy where the director fully embraces the medium’s aptness for whimsy. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aptness
  1. tendency
  2. appropriateness
  3. way
  4. relevance
  5. proneness
  6. applicability
  7. validity
  8. usefulness
Noun
  • Digital life has turned this psychological tendency into a permanent condition.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The poem is about this tendency toward earth, the temptation—the closest thing to bliss in these poems—to abandon yourself to the funk of the soil and the heat of the sun.
    — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of tendency
Noun
  • But she’s been persuaded about the appropriateness of projects approved so far.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But if that lens doesn’t include cultural intelligence, cultural appropriateness or a prompt to consider how different types of consumers could receive the campaign, those factors may never be evaluated.
    — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of appropriateness
Noun
  • Some oil tankers have made their way through the strait, but LNG tankers are a more troublesome target, according to Robin Mills, a non-resident fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and CEO of Qamar Energy.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But, in Hagwon, Lee does not seem interested in the ways in which her diplomatic, kind, generous characters might be corrupted.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of way
Noun
  • Taylor’s success on its own isn’t enough to redeem this season for the Sky, who haven’t made the playoffs since 2023 and whose relevance slips further with each loss and each draft pick that fails to hit.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The 90-year-old leader’s popularity at home and relevance abroad have both waned.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of relevance
Noun
  • The council in 2024 rejected a 498-unit apartment complex nearby in Deer Canyon over similar concerns related to evacuations and the area’s proneness to blazes.
    — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Both Max’s debut LP, Heaven & Hell, and her sophomore album, Diamonds and Dancefloors, were pushed back for release because of leaks, and Max has addressed her music’s proneness to making its way online before release in the past.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of proneness
Noun
  • There is a broad debate over the applicability of PNB to modern anti-trust cases, with many legal scholars finding the application of a random number, without any real analysis of the potential harm a merger might cause, to be a fatal flaw.
    — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The study focused on young, fit, predominantly male participants, which limits its applicability to older or less conditioned groups.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of applicability
Noun
  • Instead, its validity depends on the mathematical rules governing information updates.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • On September 25, the blue state AGs have to respond to a motion from red state Iowa and Montana to take the validity of the antitrust suit to the Supreme Court.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of validity
Noun
  • Colleges and universities reconsider the SAT Because of concerns about the usefulness of the SAT in college admissions, around 2000 about 280 colleges and universities moved to make the SAT an optional part of the admissions process.
    — Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Now, a group from Stanford University has found a way to advance their usefulness for studying brain development and disease — by instead growing them inside mice that have had large parts of their own brains genetically removed.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of usefulness

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“Aptness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aptness. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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