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noun

Aptness n.

Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end. "The aptness of his quotations."

Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.

Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.

Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.

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"Aptness" Quotes from Famous Books

... admitted to the bar in June, 1829, soon afterwards became the law-partner of Gen. Felix Huston, and almost at a bound stood in the front rank of his profession in the State. "Boundless good-nature," to use the language of Dr. Lossing; "keen logic; quickness and aptness at repartee; overflowing but kindly wit; an absolute earnestness and sincerity in all he undertook to do, made him a universal favorite in every circle." In 1832 Mr. Prentiss removed to Vicksburg. John M. Chilton, ...

— The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss • George L. Prentiss

... at the latter end of his life, took such a pride in his company that he affected to furnish his chambers with their pictures." Amongst the benefits to be derived from such a club as that of which Mr. Pool was president, Roger North mentions "Aptness to speak;" adding: "for a man may be possessed of a book-case, and think he has it ad unguem throughout, and when he offers at it shall find himself at a loss, and his words will not be right and proper, or perhaps too many, and his expressions ...

— A Book About Lawyers • John Cordy Jeaffreson

... so that many of us may well envy him,—he is not just the man fitted for this destination. A Knight of the Garter should be a man prone to show himself, a public man, one whose work in the country has brought him face to face with his fellows. There is an aptness, a propriety, a fitness in these things which one can understand perhaps ...

— The Prime Minister • Anthony Trollope

... my imagination,—to do something and become somebody, which partly made amends for my coldness for letters. In fact, I have always thought that if I had been allowed to read history more constantly, instead of losing my time in studies for which I had no aptness, I might have made some figure in ...

— The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete • Duc de Saint-Simon

... a singular aptness, for he had hardly uttered them when Roderick came out from the house, evidently in his darkest mood. He stood for a moment ...

— Roderick Hudson • Henry James

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