Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for APT'NESS
APT'NESS, n.
- Fitness; suitableness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
- Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
- Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, au aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
- Tendency, in things; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
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