[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality or state of being adapted or suited; suitableness, special fitness.
1698. [R. Fergusson], View of Eccles., 18. Their adaptedness for their employ.
1800. W. Taylor, in Robberds’ Memoir, I. 327. The adaptedness of one rhythm or form of stanza for one purpose, and of another for a different purpose, is wholly, or nearly so, the result of association.
1875. Whitney, Life of Lang., xiv. 293. When the time for the use came, the perception of its adaptedness … necessarily followed.
