[f. ADAPTABLE a.; see -ITY.] The quality of being adaptable; capacity of being adapted or of adapting oneself; potential fitness. Const. to, for.
1661. R. Lovell, Anim. & Min., 315. The manner of using, adaptability of the matter, and nature of the patient.
1796. W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., XIX. 513. Adaptability to define and discriminate contiguous shades of idea.
1845. Todd & Bowman, Phys. Anat., I. 149. One of the most wonderful circumstances in the construction of the hand, is its adaptability to an infinite number of offices.
1873. Farrar, Famil. of Sp., ii. 69. General adaptability for every purpose.
1875. Stubbs, Const. Hist., II. xv. 293. The adaptability of his people to the execution of his design.
