aptness

noun

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

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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aptness
  1. tendency
  2. way
  3. relevance
  4. validity
  5. usefulness
  6. fitness
  7. relevancy
  8. propriety
Noun
  • Traveling East might have been an appropriate tendency for early humans living in what is now Europe near the end of the Ice Age.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Understanding Home Bias As mentioned before, home bias is the tendency to over-invest in your home country.
    — Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of tendency
Noun
  • What are some safe and effective ways to exercise while following the keto diet?
    — Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The best way to prevent type 2 diabetes is to shift toward a healthier lifestyle.
    — Julia Ries, Health, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of way
Noun
  • Contacted about these military criminal charges and his 2019 court-martial, Nelson downplayed their relevance to his life now.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The film’s relevance has grown as President Trump has raised concerns in Panama by suggesting that the U.S. might reclaim control of the Panama Canal.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of relevance
Noun
  • Judge’s ruling blocking Trump deportations is invalid, argues WSJ column: Dan Huff interview Dan Huff, Senior Fellow at American Path Initiative, elaborates on his recent op-ed that challenges the validity of U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg’s deportation order.
    — The Hill, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
  • This type of setting could have helped even the most intransigent of scholars realize that reports of Khmer Rouge atrocities likely had validity.
    — Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of validity
Noun
  • Studies need a bare-minimum number of data points, and if the target number of participants fails to complete a trial, researchers might not be able to calculate anything about the interventions’ usefulness or safety.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But questions about the efficacy and usefulness of its consumer products have followed it almost from the start.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • There were 188 participants in fitness programs and 185 in nutrition programs last year.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
  • That’s why fitness instructor and tv personality Amanda Kloots launched Proper, a collection of convenient (just add water) and nutrient-dense powders targeting different needs.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of fitness
Noun
  • In the rarefied air of the National League, the major-market Cubs need to scrap their way back to relevancy.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But 2025 was supposed to be different, a time when a core of young players began executing a slow U-turn to relevancy.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of relevancy
Noun
  • This version of Evangelina—the one that’s the picture of propriety —is the one that has endured until now.
    — Laura Gómez, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Ibsen was exploding bourgeois hypocrisy by cramming his plot with taboos, then asserting that the greatest sin was the propriety that kept people from speaking frankly and living freely.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of propriety
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“Aptness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aptness. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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