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aptness

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1 an established pattern of behavior

an unfortunate aptness to interrupt people in mid sentence

Synonyms for aptness

proneness,
propensity,
tendency,
way

Words Related to aptness

affinity,
aptitude,
bent,
disposition,
inclination,
leaning,
mind-set,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection,
predisposition,
proclivity,
turn

custom,
habit,
pattern,
practice
(also practise),
routine,
wont

eccentricity,
idiosyncrasy,
oddity,
peculiarity,
quirk,
singularity,
trick

Near Antonyms for aptness

averseness,
disinclination,
dislike,
indisposition

2 the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting

I'd question the aptness of that goofy sympathy card

Synonyms for aptness

appositeness,
appropriateness,
felicitousness,
felicity,
fitness,
fittingness,
happiness,
properness,
propriety,
rightness,
seemliness,
suitability,
suitableness

Words Related to aptness

agreeableness,
compatibility,
congruity,
harmoniousness

applicability,
bearing,
connection,
justifiability,
materiality,
pertinence,
relevance,
relevancy,
validity

acceptability,
adequacy,
adequateness,
convenience,
expedience,
expediency,
satisfactoriness,
serviceableness,
usefulness

Near Antonyms for aptness

disagreeableness,
incompatibility,
incongruence,
incongruity,
incongruousness,
inexpedience,
inexpediency,
inharmoniousness,
unbecomingness

immateriality,
inapplicability,
irrelevance,
irrelevancy

meaninglessness,
pointlessness

Antonyms for aptness

improperness,
impropriety,
inappositeness,
inappropriateness,
inaptness,
infelicity,
unfitness,
unseemliness,
unsuitability,
wrongness

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