-ity

(Latin: suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing act, state, quality, property, or condition corresponding to an adjective)


abilities
1. The quality of being able to do something, especially the physical, mental, financial, or legal power to accomplish a goal.
2. A natural or acquired skill or talent.
3. The quality of being suitable for or receptive to a specified treatment; especially, capable or talented with the capacity to achieve an objective: "They wanted computers with the capacity to be configured for use as file servers."
abnormality
1. The state or condition of being abnormal; irregularity.
2. An abnormal or unusual thing.
absorbability
The state or quality of being absorbable; capable of being absorbed.
acclivity
1. An upward slope or grade; such as, in a road.
2. An upward slope on a hill.
acerbity
1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, as of unripe fruit.
2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, or of pain.
acridity
acrity
acuity
1. Acuteness, keeness, as of thought or vision; severity.
2. Special degree of sensitivity.
adiposity, adipositas
1. Obesity or a condition of being fat.
2. Corpulence; fatness.
3. Excessive accumulation of lipids (fat) in a site or organ.
affability, affableness
The quality of being affable; readiness to converse or be addressed; especially, by inferiors or equals; courteousness, civility, openness of manner.
affinity (uh FIN uh tee)
affinity (uh FIN uh tee)
1. Natural liking, partiality, fancy, liking, fondness; leaning, bent, proclivity, propensity, sympathy, rapport: "Many classical musicians have an affinity for jazz."
2. Family resemblance, similarity, likeness, parallelism, homology; relation, connection, compatibility: "There is a close affinity between lemons and limes."

Affinity comes from Latin affinitas, which means kinship by marriage, as distinct from blood kinship. In the 18th century, naturalists started to use affinity to mean a family resemblance (as between cats and lions).

alcoholicity
The degree of alcoholic content.
ambidexterity
1. The ability to use either hand with equal skill.
2. General skillfulness, especially with the hands; very skillful and versatile; using both hands with equal facility.
A man displays his ambidexterity by writing with both hands at the same time.
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ambiguity
1. A situation in which something can be understood in more than one way and it is not clear which meaning is intended.
2. An expression or statement that has more than one meaning.
3. Causing uncertainty or confusion.
ambilevosity
1. The inability to perform acts requiring manual skill with either hand.
2. Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; as opposed to ambidexter.
3. Awkwardness in the use of either or both hands.

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