adaptednesses

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A form of adaptedness — The state of being adapted; suitableness; fitness.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of adaptedness

    We must travel voiturier, which among many conveniences and suitablenesses has its plagues for an impatient spirit.

    1915, "Emma Darwin, a Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896", Henrietta Emma Darwin Litchfield, p. 239
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    The theory of natural selections holds, after all, only for adaptations, states of being adapted, adaptednesses; and these are means-end relations.

    1992, "Interactions: The Biological Context of Social Systems", Niles Eldredge, Marjorie Glicksman Grene, Marjorie Grene, p. 46

    He creates those sympathies and suitablenesses of nature that are the foundation of all true friendship, and by his providence brings persons so affected …

    1876, "Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay", Samuel Austin Allibone, p. 252
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