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apt

adjective (SUITABLE)
 
 
/æpt/

Definition

suitable or right for a particular situation: an apt comment/descriptionSuitable and acceptableQuite good, or not very good aptly
 
 
/ˈæptli/ adverb
We spent a week at the aptly named Grand View Hotel.Suitable and acceptableQuite good, or not very good
aptness
 
 
/-nəs/ noun [U]
the aptness of his commentold-fashioned formal an aptness for/at drawingSkill, talent and abilitySuitable and acceptableQuite good, or not very good
(Definition of apt adjective (SUITABLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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