Apt and Fair

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Apt adjective - Having a tendency to be or act in a certain way.

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Fair and apt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fair" instead an adjective "Apt".

Fair adjective - Being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong.

Usage example: most thought his dismissal was fair since he had been given many chances to clean up his act

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Apt and fair are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apt" instead an adjective "Fair".

Nearby Words: fairness, fairly, faired, fairground

Discworld: any iron can be harmful to The Fair Folk (which makes Tiffany Aching's choice of a frying pan as a weapon an apt choice).

Source: Depleted Phlebotinum Shells
There's a fair bit of prejudice against the fruits of cross-kinded couplings in Shadows of the Apt (though people have no trouble with the couplings themselves), derogatory terms include "halfway" and "piebald".

Source: Fantastic Slurs aka: Fantastic Slur

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