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apt
adjective
1 apt
2 apt
At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant:
— He is apt to lose.
synonym: liable.
3 apt
Mentally quick and resourceful:
— An apt pupil.
synonym: clever.
Roget 698:
skillful,
dexterous,
adroit,
expert,
apt,
handy,
quick,
deft,
ready,
gain;
slick,
smart
etc.
(active)
682;
proficient,
good at,
up to,
at home in,
master of,
a good hand at,
au fait,
thoroughbred,
masterly,
crack,
accomplished;
conversant
etc.
(knowing)
490.
experienced,
practiced,
skilled,
hackneyed;
up in,
well up in;
in practice,
in proper cue;
competent,
efficient,
qualified,
capable,
fitted,
fit for,
up to the mark,
trained,
initiated,
prepared,
primed,
finished.
clever,
cute,
able,
ingenious,
felicitous,
gifted,
talented,
endowed;
inventive
etc.
515;
shrewd,
sharp,
on the ball
etc.
(intelligent)
498;
cunning
etc.
702;
alive to,
up to snuff,
not to be caught with chaff;
discreet.
neat-handed,
fine-fingered,
nimble-fingered,
ambidextrous,
sure-footed;
cut out for,
fitted for.
technical,
artistic,
scientific,
daedalian†,
shipshape;
workman-like,
business-like,
statesman-like.
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Polish: sprytny
4 apt
Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence:
— An apt reply.
synonyms: apposite, pertinent.
Roget 23:
agreeing,
suiting
etc.
v.;
in accord,
accordant,
concordant,
consonant,
congruous,
consentaneous†,
correspondent,
congenial;
coherent;
becoming;
harmonious reconcilable,
conformable;
in accordance with,
in harmony with,
in keeping with,
in unison with,
etc.
n.;
at one with,
of one mind,
of a piece [Fr.];
consistent,
compatible,
proportionate;
commensurate;
on all fours.
apt,
apposite,
pertinent,
pat;
to the point,
to the purpose;
happy,
felicitous,
germane,
ad rem [Lat.],
in point,
on point,
directly on point,
bearing upon,
applicable,
relevant,
admissible.
fit adapted,
in loco,
a propos [Fr.],
appropriate,
seasonable,
sortable,
suitable,
idoneous†,
deft;
meet
etc.
(expedient)
646.
at home,
in one's proper element.
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