ap·ti·tude

(ăp′tĭ-to͞od′, -tyo͞od′)

1. An inherent ability, as for learning; a talent: an aptitude for mathematics.

2. Archaic The condition or quality of being suitable; appropriateness.

[Middle English, tendency, from Late Latin aptitūdō, aptitude, from Latin aptus, apt; see apt.]

ap′ti·tu′di·nal (-to͞od′n-əl, -tyo͞od′-) adj.

ap′ti·tu′di·nal·ly adv.

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aptitudinally

(ˌæptɪˈtjuːdɪnəlɪ)

adv

obsolete in a manner that indicates aptitude

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References in periodicals archive

Aptitudinally similar to his sire, but from a family which has recently produced several outstanding and tough performers over middle distances.

PEDIGREE ASSESSMENT: TAMARISK (b c, 19-5-1995)

However, the specifically signifying ontological relation is not and cannot be merely dyadic, because the relation of signification does not obtain only between the sign and the signified, but also involves thought, at least - as Mercado put it - "aptitudinally."(52) It is precisely this last involvement that serves as mediator between the other two.

Common sources for the semiotic of Charles Peirce and John Poinsot

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