adaptability
noun
the ability to adjust to different conditions or circumstances.
adaptabilities
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pluralof adaptability.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As WPA extends from storm sewers to nursery schools, so the interests and adaptabilities of Harry Lloyd Hopkins are equally diverse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The text has been revised and, where necessary, rewritten, and is superior to the editions now current both in literary excellence and in the valuable desideratum of "accents" and other adaptabilities to musical utterance.
From Martha or, The Fair at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow
He had all the physical adaptabilities of a nurse—a large, tender touch, a low persuasive voice, pliant yet unhesitating limbs, and broad, well-cushioned surfaces.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
With her quick perceptions and adaptabilities she would soon learn to care more about the quality of the reflecting surface; and meanwhile no criticism of his should mar her pleasure.
From The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
It had been agreed that Bubbles, having of the two the more feminine adaptabilities of voice, should do the talking.
From The Penalty by Howard Chandler Christy
