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Meanings of aptness in English
Portuguese
tendência A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction.
Synonyms
Examples for "appositeness"
Examples for "appositeness"
1
But the chief peculiarity of his speech was its directness and appositeness.
2
Walker invented his simile and realised its appositeness at one and the same moment.
3
The appositeness of the song had cheered her up.
4
There was a certain grim appositeness about it all.
5
With what appositeness did he sketch the neighbouring landowners!
Usage of aptness in English
1
The name Anti-Federalist lost its aptness after the inauguration of the Government.
2
And yet she seems to have a kind of quickness and aptness.
3
Competence and aptness, or folly and heedlessness, make a world of difference.
4
The aptness of the story was the success of the evening.
5
The pub, with almost mythopoeic aptness, is named Half Way House.
6
This aptness is, perhaps, the surest indication of the possession of original talent.
7
I commend the propriety and aptness of your researches, Atmâ Singh.
8
There's an odd kind of aptness to it and I recommend it highly.
9
Hodder was silent, overwhelmed by the brutal aptness of her figures.
10
Its language must be choice, for aptness of expression and for melodious sound.
11
King's aptness for historical and philosophical generalization is quite evident as we read:
12
As we ran towards the main hatch I recognized the aptness of the comparison.
13
Meanwhile modern science has only deepened the egg's aptness as an emblem of creation.
14
Indeed, in aptness of illustration Lincoln has never been surpassed.
15
Yes, that is just it, Jacob replied, struck by the aptness of the comparison.
16
Thus, TESTINESS is a disposition or aptness to be angry.
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United Kingdom
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