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Comparative for appropriate or suitable in the circumstances
“However, in this situation, I think it would be more apt to encourage your students rather than criticize them.”
Comparative for conveniently available or appropriate
“In a marvelously apt turn of events, Johnson's devoted secretary and amanuensis, Fanny McConnell, would, in 1946, become Ellison's wife.”
Comparative for auspicious, likely to prove to be favorable
“They are especially suitable for developing new ideas, providing an apt environment for creativity and peer support.”
Comparative for having a tendency to do something
“Down toward this latter end of the spectrum are folks who are more than ordinarily apt to confuse the wish and the deed, the belief and the fact.”
Comparative for especially skilled or qualified (to do something) and quick to learn
“He was a monk and maverick philosopher; she, the apt and eager pupil.”
Comparative for having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness
Comparative for beginning to attract attention or critical acclaim
Comparative for reasonable and convincing
Comparative for bitingly humorous or amusing
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