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What's The Definition Of Apt?
[adj] being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"
[adj] mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker Synonyms | Synonyms for Apt: apposite | appropriate | apropos | clever | intelligent | pertinent Related Terms | Find terms related to Apt: a propos | ad rem | adapted | adept | adroit | alert | applicable | apposite | appropriate | apropos | artistic | authoritative | becoming | befitting | bent | brainy | bravura | bright | brilliant | clean | clever | comely | compelling | convincing | coordinated | correct | crack | crackerjack | cunning | cute | daedal | Daedalian | decisive | deft | dexterous | dextrous | diplomatic | disposed | dispositioned | docile | dovetailing | educable | exact | excellent | expeditious | expert | facile | fair | fancy | felicitous | fit | fitted | fitting | foreseeable | formable | geared | gifted | given | good | goodish | graceful | handy | happy | hopeful | immediate | impressionable | in the cards | in the mood | inclined | ingenious | inspired | instant | instantaneous | instructable | intelligent | just | just right | keen | keen-witted | liable | likely | magisterial | malleable | masterful | masterly | meet | meshing | minded | moldable | motivated | neat | nice | nimble | nimble-witted | no dumbbell | no mean | not born yesterday | odds-on | on the button | opportune | pat | pertinent | plastic | pliable | politic | precise | predictable | predictable within limits | predisposed | presumable | presumptive | probable | professional | proficient | promising | prompt | prone | proper | punctual | qualified | quick | quick-thinking | quick-witted | quite some | ready | receptive | relevant | resourceful | right | ripe for instruction | schoolable | scintillating | seasonable | seemly | sharp | sharp-witted | skillful | slick | smart | some | sortable | speedy | statesmanlike | statistically probable | steel-trap | stylish | suitable | suited | suiting | summary | susceptible | swift | tactful | tailored | talented | teachable | telling | the compleat | the complete | thirsty for knowledge | to the point | to the purpose | trainable | verisimilar | virtuoso | well-chosen | well-done | well-expressed | well-put | willing | workmanlike See Also | Apt In Webster's Dictionary \Apt\, a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten,
to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. ?
to fasten, Skr. [=a]pta fit, fr. [=a]p to reach attain.]
1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
They have always apt instruments. --Burke.
A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely;
-- used of things.
My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot
or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. --Temple.
This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of
the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. --Lubbock.
3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of
persons.
Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. --Beau. & Fl.
That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt
to remember their grandfathers. --F. Harrison.
4. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something);
quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn;
an apt scholar. ``An apt wit.'' --Johnson.
Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so
apt to die. --Shak.
I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. --Shak.
Syn: Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed;
liable; ready; quick; prompt.
\Apt\, v. t. [L. aptare. See {Aptate}.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] `` To apt their places.'' --B. Jonson. That our speech be apted to edification. --Jer. Taylor. |
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