From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
The aptness of his quotations. --J. R. Green.
2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
4. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread" [syn: {propensity}]
2: appropriateness; "the phrase had considerable aptness" [syn: {appositeness}] [ant: {inaptness}, {inaptness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "aptness": appositeness, appropriateness, bent, bump, expediency, faculty, fitness, flair, genius, head, helpfulness, knack, meetness, order, propitiousness, propriety, rightness, suitability, suitableness, talent, turn
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