Synonyms

aptly

American

[apt-lee] / ˈæpt li /

adverb

in a manner that is suited to the purpose or occasion; appropriately.

Known for its distinctive fanned tail and energetic flying antics, the aptly named fantail is one of the most common native birds of New Zealand.

Other Word Forms

overaptly adverb

Etymology

Origin of aptly

apt ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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It is a weird fight, "a carnival" as Steve Bunce aptly puts it.

From BBC

He aptly describes the projectors’ beams of luminosity as “light sculptures.”

From Los Angeles Times

Your chaser is Alison McAlpine’s appealing, aptly titled “Perfectly a Strangeness,” sans humans, but starring three donkeys in an unnamed desert happening upon a cluster of hilltop observatories.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the mansion’s signature characters is, aptly, a tortured bride.

From Los Angeles Times

Not just because she had aptly described Petronius but because she had so baldly insulted me.

From Literature

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