adapt
verb (used with object)
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
adaptedness
-
a word derived from
adapt.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Laland and colleagues are correct that phenotypic plasticity, for instance, may contribute to the adaptedness of an individual.
From Nature ● Oct. 7, 2014
And surely no one can observe the scenes through which all pass, without being struck with their eminent adaptedness to train man to virtue and holiness.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
I say, if she have more skill and adaptedness for any position than a man has, let her have it!
From The Abominations of Modern Society by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
A wide field swells out before me in this resolution, for it is nothing less than the universality of God's Word in its complete adaptedness to the possible conditions of humanity.
From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Mrs. A. G. Whittelsey
The exposition just offered is confirmed by its striking adaptedness to the whole Pauline scheme.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
