Aptness in A Sentence

    1

    After making allowance, however, for this deflecting agency, it must be admitted that in the highest quality of the statesman, " aptness to be right," he was surpassed by none of his contemporaries, or - if by anybody - by Sir George Cornewall Lewis alone.

    2

    That strenuous application which was one of his most remarkable gifts in manhood showed itself in his youth, and his application was backed or inspired by superior intelligence and aptness.

    3

    The character of modern medicine cannot be summed in a word, as, with more or less aptness, that of some previous periods may be.

    4

    To this difficult problem he brought remarkable skill and aptness, energy and ability.