0 the quality of being suitable or right for a particular situation: --
the aptness of his comment
1 the quality of being likely to do something or of often doing something: --
his aptness to forget
an aptness for/at drawing
The question is whether to follow uncritically the track he finds himself in, without considering his aptness for it.
They said I had great aptness, and should make a good teacher.
She was as cheerful as her sister, with the same aptness for laughter.
The commentary might be applied with equal aptness to dozens of other novels of this decade.
Their ironic and often hilarious effect comes from the aptness of the choice of words.
Fizz lost her temper, demonstrating the aptness of her nickname.
There is an undeniable aptness to the description.