Based on Hückel's and Baird's rules, species are aromatic either in the lowest singlet state (S 0) or the lowest triplet state (T 1) only. Thus, species with adaptive aromaticity (with aromaticity in both the S 0 and T 1 states) is particularly rare. On the other hand, σ-aromaticity in the T 1 state has been underdeveloped, let alone adaptive σ-aromaticity. Herein, via various aromaticity indices including NICS, ACID and EDDB, we demonstrate adaptive σ-aromaticity in an unsaturated three-membered ring, which is a traditional area [a