aptness
pronunciation
How to pronounce aptness in British English:
UK ['æptnəs]
How to pronounce aptness in American English:
US ['æptnəs]
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- Noun:
- a disposition to behave in a certain way
- appropriateness
Word Origin
- aptness (n.)
- 1530s, from apt + -ness.
Example
- 1. The reviewer admired the aptness of the author 's imagery .
- 2. Results indicate that aptness of metaphor and expression style both affect aad and persuasiveness significantly .
- 3. Studies on aptness of mixture distributions for hydrologic frequency analysis .
- 4. And in so doing we shall bring out the special aptness of the designations ' true ' and ' false ' to identify the possible values of a variable .
- 5. Besides , there is no interaction between metaphor and expression styles , visual design does not change the role aptness of metaphor plays in advertising effectiveness .